n.a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
For example, in 2009, more than three quarters of poorboys and girls failed to achieve the minimum benchmark of learning outcomes in Albania, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Moldova.
However, your argument that the problem is really one of poverty rather than race or gender (as very poor white boys who receive free school meals do slightly worse than very poor black boys) is flawed.