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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I sense [detractors] think that somehow those [achievement gap] efforts harm the outcomes for white students or other students,” says one parent who supports Bell. “Maybe they think if you’re focusing efforts on the achievement gap, you can’t achieve for all students.”[/quote] I think that this is a real concern. Do Watkins families feel that children doing above grade level work are pushed to reach even farther? That is not the sense I have come away with after speaking with Watkins parents. [/quote] That's a commonly held but flawed belief. Elementary school is only going to push students so far. Even in the where modest tracking occurs - informal and an exception - it's not going to meet every student's needs. The parents with the means and ability to lobby their interests also have the means and ability to supplement outside school. [/quote]
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