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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I cannot afford to move out of the urban school my kid is in: I ideally would like to like in a suburb with good schools but I can’t afford it.

Issues I’m running into include my kid getting good grades, but testing very portly in math in spite of high grades. There are a lot of social and behavioral issues with the kids at my daughter’s school. A lot of the values amongst the other students don’t match the values i try to teach at home.[/quote]

I do not live in the DMV.  I live in a nice town in a school district that is reasonably well regarded and safe but not a district that affluent people move to for the schools.

I have found peer values to be a big issue.  Even in the honors classes, a lot of kids are not trying to do their best and are coasting.  There is a lack of discipline regarding graded assignments needing to be turned in on time.  And people aren't very ambitious about where they go to college.  There is a lot of mediocrity here and a fair bit has rubbed off onto my kid.  On the other hand, it was easier for him to get into our selective state flagship from this district.  I supplemented with travel, a study abroad summer program, and Mathnasium throughout high school.[/quote]

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