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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools cannot overcome the parental advantage/ disadvantage faced by kids 18 hours a day outside of school.  You cannot just throw $ at the problem.[/quote]

You can but it has to be A LOT of $.
Like, classes of 10 with 2 teachers, extensive mental health services, extensive hands on learning, mentoring, nutrition services etc.
Effectively a boarding school without spending the night so that you can avoid calling it that.
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Cities that are predominantly low income and/or immigrants typically have programs or schools specifically for students who are eager to excel but their local schools don’t have what it takes.  There’s one in Boston all year round including Saturdays. Tuition free.   It’s a small school and these kids from the worst neighborhoods do very well and 100% of them go to college.

I have a feeling there’s not much in the red states but the blue states do try and address the unfairness that some children who go to dilapidated schools with no resources.

There need to be hundreds of these schools to give kids a chance who otherwise would not. [/quote]

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