malcolmgreaves didn't say anything about _poor_ white students.

And it's well established that parents income and education level has a strong correlation with children's education and outcomes [1].

Of course, it's confusing to bring that into a discussion of this article, as the article says "Even accounting for a host of background factors, the achievement gap [between white and black students] remains large and statistically significant"

[1] http://educationnext.org/how-family-background-influences-st...