I do believe the inequities need to be examined and addressed, but unfortunately by the time a student is old enough to take AP courses, the time may have passed. The inequities begin in the home before a child hits school and our system has danced around the problem of low SES and subsequent deficiencies for much too long, seemingly grasping for this bandaid then that bandaid, never really catching a true remedy.
We avoid the real problem because there's no easy solution and no money to be made from it.
That's because the *problem* is low SES.
"The daily pressures and stresses of poverty take up so much mental energy that it reduces cognitive function. According to a new study, published in Science today, being preoccupied with money can cause low income people to suffer a drop in IQ of 13 points on average. A few comparisons highlight how severe that is. That difference in IQ is about the same as the gap between a chronic alcoholic and a normal adult, according to The Atlantic. It's comparable to the cognitive drop people see when they've just pulled an all-nighter."
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/08/31/chronic-poverty-can-lower-your-iq-study-shows/
