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Reply to "Trump's new educational secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos, have a reaching affect on VA Public Schools?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote]As for ameliorating the achievement gap, that's just in the best interests of the country. Children shouldn't be punished because their parents can't or won't educate them at home. All children deserve the chance to achieve to their own personal potential, and the idea that you have only "earned" a good education if you were born to well-educated or well-off parents is frankly unAmerican. [/quote] I don't think anyone disagrees with that we want to help these kids. But, how do you expect to do this? We already give far more money to poor kids than wealthier kids. I don't begrudge that--but what do you want us to do? Standards don't help if the kids cannot meet the basic ones. As long as high stakes testing is hand in hand with the standards, you will not be educating children properly. If a third grade teacher has a student on first grade level, the child needs to learn the basics first. Education is building blocks--not a race. [/quote]
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