Teachers

[Colr]

This squares with my experience.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/09/teachers-poorer-children-education-primary-school

[Hibrandenburg]

This squares with my experience.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/09/teachers-poorer-children-education-primary-school

My best mate is a teacher and from what he tells me I can believe there is a certain amount of prejudice towards kids from poorer backgrounds but some of it is founded. He teaches in an inner city school with a very high proportion of kids with immigration backgrounds. Very few if any are expected to leave school with any qualifications, the main reason for this is the fact that the time the teachers can use to actually educate the kids is a fraction of that in other schools. Him and his colleagues are confronted by a large amount of kids who need to be taught basic life and behavioural skills like language, manners and simply how to behave. His class is constantly disrupted by kids who've not been taught the basics making it almost impossible for the others to receive an education. He says it's heartbreaking because some of these kids are highly intelligent but their behavioural anomalies makes it almost impossible to educate them.

[IndieHibby]

My best mate is a teacher and from what he tells me I can believe there is a certain amount of prejudice towards kids from poorer backgrounds but some of it is founded. He teaches in an inner city school with a very high proportion of kids with immigration backgrounds. Very few if any are expected to leave school with any qualifications, the main reason for this is the fact that the time the teachers can use to actually educate the kids is a fraction of that in other schools. Him and his colleagues are confronted by a large amount of kids who need to be taught basic life and behavioural skills like language, manners and simply how to behave. His class is constantly disrupted by kids who've not been taught the basics making it almost impossible for the others to receive an education. He says it's heartbreaking because some of these kids are highly intelligent but their behavioural anomalies makes it almost impossible to educate them.

That's pretty much the long and short of it.
Added to that the poor sods who have the misfortune of being in the same class as them and it becomes an effect multiplier.
It is just as prevalent in 'native' families, however. In my experience, many immigrant children have a better work ethic and value the educational opportunity being provided to them - probably due to the lack of it in their country of origin.