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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its hard to see that EVERY single North Arlington elementary schools are distinguished. Its a hard fact of life.[/quote]

Who lives in north Arlington? What socioeconomic class do they belong to?

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How do you explain ATS?

Hint: it’s not SES. It’s parents who GAF.[/quote]

ATS is an option school.  That’s how I explain it.

It’s SES.

And I would add the cultural and language barrier.[/quote]

ATS is Title 1, sweetie. The difference is those low income families value education.[/quote]

So as an APS teacher, tell me how I can overcome this? APS cannot make up for uninvolved parents, regardless of the reason for the uninvolvement. There’s a limit to our ability when we have parents who don’t, or can’t, support what we are doing. [/quote]

Bingo. Even the best teacher can’t overcome this obstacle. The change has to come from WITHIN these communities. People need to want better lives for their children.

We need to separate kids by ability, even if things aren’t pretty when it comes to demographics.

BUT (and here is where I completely disagree with MAGA), we need to offer these students intensive supports. Smaller class sizes with potentially more hours of instruction, so those who are capable of catching up might actually do so. It will likely be fewer students than we hope for, but better than not trying at all. (Until community attitudes and behaviors change, there’s only so much schools can do.)

In the meantime, we need to allow well-prepared/capable students to move forward without struggling learners holding them back.

*If Democrats continue to pretend there is no issue, MAGA will win and we will get vouchers*[/quote]

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