If our government didn't take the responsibility to help kids focus in this country, have you any idea how much higher the crime rate in this country would be? It would cost the country to spend more money fighting crime, than it already spends on education just to keep it the same.

Cities like Baltimore threw millions for their school budget for years and saw results declining instead of rising. These communities insist on thinking that throwing more money into their schools will solve the problem even though everytime its done, things get worse. This is a smart move to show their critics in a way they can relate to while not have to waste millions on a situation that can not be fixed by money alone. If something like this was implemented in middle-class school systems, It would cost too much so it only makes sense to do it in areas and situations where its proven that the kids just don't care. It's sort of like the new tax incentives like the "no capital gains tax" where it only applies to those in the 10% tax bracket who wouldn't have any capital gains to tax in the first place.

More likely the students that are flipping burgers in these communities are the ones who are doing well in school. The ones that grew up in these places that saw success don't stick around to motivate or be positive role models making these kids not caring about the consequences of not working hard since they don't see what they have to lose or what they have to gain by going to school. In their eyes the grass is greener on the streets slanging rocks where they can get immediate results.