I believe the trouble regarding the ever-increasing crime rate in inner city communities today is that truancy is way under-enforced by law enforcement. I came up with a few ideas that could alleviate the problem. One of them is that the parents should have to pay a heavy fine every time their child commits truancy, and that these fines be doubled every time truancy has been committed by the same truant child.
Another idea I had is that the school hours ought to be lengthened by another three hours. The extra three hours would be reserved for some elective courses, such as home economics (i.e. cooking, sewing, and parenting), extracurricular activities and sports.
And finally, I think the students should be reorganized based on their G.P.A., and gender segregation. In fact, while were on the subject of reorganizing inner city schools. I think it would be a good thing top to 'thin out the herd', so to speak, by moving the C average or above students to a class all there own so their G.P.A.'s won't suffer anymore than it already has.
Plus, it's a good motivator for the D average or below students to try to improve their own G.P.A.'s so they can rejoin the friends with whom they've become separated.