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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know lots of families who don't continue education at home, just let their kids play and don't do any supplementation or museum trips. [b]Their kids have As and Bs.[/b] There probably is something else going on in addition to lack of parental education at home.

Lower income SES kids may be at a higher risk for undiagnosed learning disabilities. MCPS is horrible at supporting LDs and UMV parents have to fight/spend hundreds on advocates to get basic services. I'm sure many of these kids  suffer from undiagnosed LDs.

IQ is another factor. Lower SES parents may be more likely to have lower IQs than the doctors and other PHd parents. Low IQ can be frustrating for kids who can't grasp the material at the point its presented but they see other kids getting it.

Tutoring can make a difference but it has to be the right type of tutoring geared to help the learners that are in the room.[/quote]

I wouldn't put much stock in this.  Honestly.

My kid sailed through ES, and easily gets As (and a few Bs) in 5th grade.  Never ever brought home an I, and not a single C this year since they went back to actual grades.  But, this board made me look at her work a little more critically, so I printed off some writing assignments from Google Classroom, and looker more closely at the worksheets she was bringing home.  The writing assignments have received little to no feedback, and some of them are pretty bad (IMO).  Granted, I'm not a teacher, but I feel that by 5th grade, she should have some of the basic grammar rules down.

My point is just that I think the bar is set somewhat low for As/Bs in ES.  Not sure what will happen in MS.  [/quote]

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