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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why is it better for states to close down a school that isn't doing well in poor area than it is to improve them?
gpt
Nobody wants to say this, but the populations that fill schools have a lot to do with their success or failure.

You think inner-city schools are just poorly staffed and underfunded, whereas suburban schools can afford to make school magically great? No. If the suburban kids and the inner-city kids traded places, then inner-city schools would be great and suburban schools would be shit.

There's only so much that can be done from the outside. If a community doesn't respect and value education, there's little hope of improving their schools.