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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of free resources out there.  Parents just have to know where to find them, and both the parents and kids have to be motivated to use them.

Khan Academy is free and covers a lot of subjects.  AoPS has many free resources as well as a message board where kids can ask for help if they didn't understand something.  [/quote]

The assumption that many people are making is that families who are living in poverty have the same knowledge regarding available services, free or paid, and the same desire for their kids to have aa higher level of academic success. That assumption is a bad one.

Parents who do not have high school degrees are not likely to be aware of enrichment opportunities, free or paid, as parents who have high school degrees or college degrees or advanced degrees. The parent who is working two jobs is not likely to have the time to be looking into Khan Academy or making sure that their kid is doing Khan Academy or helping their kid with struggles on Khan Academy.

We can talk about all the resources that are available, the schools can talk about all the resources that are available, but it means nothing unless the parents are reading those messages and want to act on those messages. That is the disconnect. By the time that the kids are able to read those messages and understand them it is too late because they will be far behind the learning curve and they might not have the support to catch up at home or in school.

The problem is deeper and harder to solve then pointing people to Khan Academy or free worksheet websites. [/quote]

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