If were alive, he might suggest that poor academic performance in schools could be attributed to a society that does not promote education and provides few resources devoted to schools

Jean Jacques Rousseau - His theories always suggested that man (rather a child) is never born evil. Everyone is born as pure and innocent. It is the society he/she lives in and the circumstances he/she undergoes that shapes his/her personality. That is why he always advocated  that children should be protected from societal pressures and influences and let nature take its course, so that the demands of the society do not corrupt him/her.