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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm all for providing extra support to low income kids: smaller class sizes. And, I think they should provide after school tutoring, which is also like free child care, to these kids, including snacks.
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At some point, though, parents need to take an active role.  If they can't be bothered to take interests in their kids' education, that's not the job of the school district.

And it's not about, oh they don't have time, it's not ingrained in their culture, they are born with disadvantages. [/b] Look at this school:

"For over 50 years, Verbum Dei School in Watts has been a safe haven and a launch pad for educational success.  This year, every senior at the Jesuit all-boys high school has been accepted to college....
Verbum Dei School is located right next to the Nickerson Gardens housing project, but these students have a determination that overrules their economic situation."

If you know where Watts, CA is, you know that this is around S. Central LA, home of gangs and riots.  Yet, the parents of these kids cared enough about their education to do something.  In the end, that's what counts the most.  No amount of school district, gov't bureaucratic intervention will make up for parental care and involvement.  Full stop.

http://abc7.com/education/all-boys-watts-high-school-has-100-percent-college-acceptance/777375/

[b]I say this as a child of illiterate, poor immigrants who was always told by my parents to do well in school even if they couldn't help me.[/b][/quote]

+1 Brovo! That's the message that gets lost. [/quote]

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