If your inner-city minority students aren't succeeding in the classroom, the obvious solution is to just take away the option to fail. Your grade should be based on the color of your skin and how much money your parents make, or if you even have parents active in your life at all. To hell with meritocracy. Where has that ever gotten us?

Dozens of school districts embrace 'equitable grading,' setting up students for failure (washingtonexaminer.com) Why 43 Percent of Students in America’s 5th Most Literate City Struggle to Read and Write - GOOD