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So we should close failing schools, but schools aren't the problem? Just trying to make sense of your argument.

The argument is the general problem is the negative synergistic feedback loop of poverty, over-policing, drugs, and local culture. These are the problems to solve.

I don’t say never so I suppose a school could fail for endogenous reasons in which case action is needed. But there are less drastic actions than shutting it down, such as firing all the admins.

Shutting a school down would be easier than firing the admins.

Would you consider the possibility that the negative synergistic feedback loop you describe is actually caused by failing schools, instead of the other way around?

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