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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are public schools where there are significant achievement gaps between students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Yet some schools thrive despite having great economic differences among the student body - these schools show no significant achievement differences in math, science, social science, and language arts. What are the schools that have no gap doing right? Do these schools provide after-school tutoring, supplemental weekend and summer enrichment? Do these schools provide parents with the resources to supplement their kids or are systemic issues permanent barriers in schools that cannot overcome the gaps (such as parents not having sufficient time because they work in the evenings and nights and needs to sleep during the day)?[/quote]

[b]No, there are no schools that thrive where others don't.  Time and time again, it is shown that this is simply not possible.  Here and there experimental schools or programs produce these types of results, but within a couple of years they are back down where they were before.  A huge effort with a lot of energy by people who are passionate about the cause CAN change things, but it's impossible to maintain.  It's like running a sprint as fast as you can - at some point, you have to slow down.  That's what all the research shows, but people keep trotting out this or that school that makes it look like they've beaten the odds, when you look closely, they either haven't really beaten them or they haven't done it for long[/b].[/quote]

1,000X this. [/quote]

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