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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]p.p, it is interesting that you say the schools nowadays do so much. I think that it may have been exactly where things went wrong. It is my view that the parents should be the one who handles these extras and the schools focus on academics as they should be all along. You may work very hard but you probably also have a college degree and can supplement at home. Since when did free museums and zoos help with bad math instruction? I am not saying that there are not bad parents out there. I do believe that the schools are not attempting to narrow the gap the right way. [/quote]

I disagree with you.  Schools do too much?  Math isn't the only thing in school but MCPS makes it.  No science, no history, nothing taught about how to study. 25min or PE a week, 25min of at a week, 25min or music a week?  What too much are they doing?  Small percent of grammar.

College Degree has nothing to do with being a parent so that is no excuse.  [/quote]

Are the previous poster at all? You cannot have it both ways. The parents are either counting on schools to do too much or the school is not doing enough. I think the school are not doing enough important things. Such as PE, music, history and science. But they may be doing too much none essential things therefore they don't have time to do the important things? To narrow the achievement gap they need to teach the math and reading better. At school. The disadvantaged kids who are on the low end of the gap is not going to get good supplemental math and reading at home no matter how caring their parents are. They are disadvantaged for a reason.  Maybe not for someone who is transiently poor, for example a graduate student who temporarily makes 10000 a year. They will be okay because the mother has education. But for the majority of poor kids, the mother is not going to be able to help much with homework. The school absolutely needs to educate the kids academically, while at school. [/quote]

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