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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who are saying that elementary “kids are getting behind:

Behind what? Behind who? [/quote]

Behind 50% of the kids who have had in school since August and all the private school kids in school in this area. [/quote]

Okay but why does that matter? Different districts across the country have always had different curriculums. Some are more rigorous than others. (And children of UMC parents always do fine, no matter where they go.)[/quote]

What does it matter? Really?? Thousands of kids (regardless of socioeconomic status) not reaching their potential, losing their interest in a school and learning, missing important developmental milestones in reading and math during the critical period of time in which their brains are primed to learn them, some older ones will drop out all together and never get a high school diploma. These kids MATTER. Society will feel the consequences of this for generations. Delinquency numbers will be at all time highs and reading and math proficiency rates will be at all time lows. Our educational outcomes were already poor as a nation and they are going to get way worse. I can’t believe you would say “well what does it matter- everyone will be behind”
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Oh honey, are you new around here? Plenty of DCUM moms don’t care about the poors. Those kids don’t matter to them and never will. It’s really sad and it’s an excellent reminder that DCUM is not an accurate reflection of the real world. [/quote]

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