The failure in school of poor and minority children can be said to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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The concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy suggests that expectations about a person can lead to behaviors that cause those expectations to come true. In the context of education, if teachers or the educational system expect poor and minority children to perform poorly, they might (consciously or unconsciously) provide less support or lower-quality education to these students, which in turn can lead to the students performing poorly, thus fulfilling the initial prophecy.

The Failure in School of Poor and Minority Children Can