[WillowTheWhisp]

I think it's upside down logic. They look at children who aren't doing very well and they look at the income level of the family and they conclude that poverty leads to them falling behind at school. They may be missing out on a common denominator. The parents may be totally disinterested in everything which results in them having no job and consequently being poor and also results in them taking no interest in their children. They are assuming that A causes B when in fact it is C which causes both A and B whilst there are many poor families who do not fall into the C category so their children do not fall into the B category but these have been disregarded because they have only been looking at the children who are failing.