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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighbors left ATS because they said it was not a good school for their kid who had special needs.

Neighborhood schools ( not all, but many) do a better job with that. [/quote]

Right.  Because ATS is a choice school.

Because it's a self selecting group, that's about 75% of the success right there.  [/quote]

More than 75% I think. Probably 90%.  There are some things that can be replicated, but you aren’t going to be able to fix the main ingredient for ATS’s success in narrowing the achievement gap. [/quote]

If self-selection is the achievement gap fixer, why don't the other choice programs have the same effect? [/quote]

Yes, and not just other choice programs.  The highly educated wealthy parents self selected, too, by buying into the elementary schools in northernmost Arlington.

Yet, I believe all those schools do have an achievement gap for their very few kids who do not fall into the well resourced parent category.  There are also gaps for SN kids when I last checked, and ethnic ones as well.  
They should have zero problems closing their gaps for those few students, why don't they or can't they?   [/quote]

Just because you’re wealthy doesn’t mean you’re involved. The number of parents in NA schools who didn’t know their child was struggling with reading or math till the later grades is shocking. Like HOW DIDN’T YOU KNOW?

You don’t need a teacher’s written report to know if your child is struggling. Do you not read with your child at home? Or talk about math concepts?[/quote]

We were one of those  families.  [b]We thought something was wrong.[/b]  But we were told to wait and see, then everyone was behind because of the pandemic,  then she was making progress.   We asked but couldn’t get summer school.  Finally got a private diagnosis and tutor.  That’s HOW WE DIDN’T KNOW . We trusted APS to do its job and they didn’t.  [/quote]

I mean, you said it right there. You knew, but were given bad advice. I’m not talking about you. I’m talking to the parents whose kids are failing 4th grade. “I had no ideeeeea my kid can’t read!”[/quote]

It’s less likely this happens at a school like ATS.  Kids are flagged early if they are struggling and Held back if necessary. No “wait and see” BS or misleading report cards. Parents trust schools to tell them if there is a problem.   [/quote]

And parents trust pediatricians for medical advice. But any decent parent knows to trust their gut and get a second opinion when their concerns are brushed off and they know something’s wrong.

Maybe this is a wake up call. No, you can’t solely rely on someone else to teach your kids. [/quote]

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