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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM is a bubble of high achieving kids and helicopter parents (including myself). However, I have friends and family in education all over the country and it's absolutely horrific in low income areas. Kids and familes are in such chaos, it almost feels hopeless.[/quote]

Are you at a private school? Look around “the best” schools in the DMV and you will find plenty of examples! I pulled my then- third grader from public shortly after the following happened:

1) kid could not do a report on our country of heritage because the school distributed a map that was incorrect. It was just missing my grandfather’s homeland, which is an island nation. Rather than have my kid correct the map and / or teach others an “extra,” the teacher said we could only choose one of the countries on her incorrect map from Central Office;

2) absolutely failing schools because of extreme disruptions due to FAPE regulations. Yes, disabled kids have a right to a free public education, but not if they disrupt the classroom and assemblies so much that my own kid isn’t learning;

3) similar to above, mainstreamed kids with major emotional regulation issues who not only disrupt the classroom, but physically harm other students and teachers;

I could go on, but it just makes me upset. [/quote]

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