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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The curriculum is weak in the City schools compared to neighboring districts.

That diversity you want to embrace?  That translates into the schools spending more time on what amounts to social service issues instead of focusing on education. They are more worried about the fact that Miguel's mommy might not have been able to read the flyer about some freebie they are handing out at school then whether your non ESL white kid can do math.

That diversity also buys you schools where the time and energy is devoted to the kids at the very bottom who can't pass the test. It's a waste really because even with all that time, money and energy, the most gains they will realize is a few percentage points.  If they focused on the top 50% of students, they would quickly bring up their scores.[/quote]

I have to take exception to this.  We're in FCPS and my oldest is in 5th grade.  This year, our school was designated a Title 1 school - just the sort of school you're describing.  We've never experienced what you're describing.  The teachers in all grades routine assess the skills of the kids and, in fact, identified one of our kids as below grade level in math and one capable of doing math/reading far above grade level. They were meeting the needs of those two before getting a Title 1 designation and now that they have the resources of Title 1, they're getting even more.

I don't have experience of ACPS but considering how DCUM routinely bashes the kind of school my kids attend, I tend not to give your post much weight.[/quote]

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