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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly think a better option than finagling an already overcrowded system where lots of families lottery for a smaller and smaller number of seats is to 1) offer parenting classes and counseling to teen mothers 2) provide wrap around services at the local school that provide care, counseling and nourishment at no cost and 3) ensure that people are paid a living wage. Thinking a very poor child living in SE can make it to Lafayette on time each day is a pipe dream. [/quote]

This. You’re not going to send an at risk kid to a “great” school and get anything other than a kid at the bottom of the class, probably in trouble all the time, etc. Don’t even do this unless you’re serious about addressing the real causes of the achievement gap. [/quote]

At-risk is not synonymous with behavioral problems and poor academic performance. Some at-risk kids have those issues, but not all. Perhaps if some had more opportunities earlier they would be better off. Sweeping generalizations undercut your point. Integrated schools - economically and racially is the goal of the discussed reforms.

If you don’t share that goal you probably have some decisions to make. [/quote]

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