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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. No there are no special credentials beyond what you are teaching. SPED teachers need their credentials. ESOL is the same. But the K-6 folks, a license is a license. And the talk about special credentials or whatever is nonsense. We are the same.

I know there is a lot of saying well those parents aren't as great so your parents who do all of this are just better unless you believe poor people or non-native English speaks will never catch up (spoiler alert -- they can).

It's the wrong tack. You are being screwed wealthy parents. The SOL scores, the great school scores, the whole these kids all do well "Lake Webgone mentality is so, so problematic because we just push everything to you. You will get the tutor. Unless you complain, no one is calling an IEP meeting (this is the thing that makes me the most crazy). I hate this. I hate that advocating is second because the data says we are the best of the best. [/quote]

I hear what you are saying and generally agree (I too have taught in both a high and low income school.  I would say, though, that the teachers in the "great" school should be able to focus on the subdert of kids in that school who don't have all the advantages and are falling through the cracks. If they are doing that, I don't babe a problem with teachers putting a bit more on parents for the other kids. In practice, you are right that this is not what happens. Teaching is generally mediocre and the kids whose needs are not met just don't do well and it doesn't really matter because they only make up 10% of the school.  [/quote]

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