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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone else disturbed by the fact that they want to target "at risk" children?  Doesn't that mean they are trying to target a high proportion of FARMS kids?[/quote]

Time for a pop quiz!

Marie Montessori developed her pioneering educational methods though her work which of the following groups of "at risk" children:

A.  mentally handicapped children, then thought to be uneducable

B.  children with severe behavior problems

C.  the slum children inhabitants of a housing project in Rome

D.  none of the above

E.  all of the above   [/quote]

LOVE this!  And the answer is [i]D. All of the above[/i].

What, exactly, is disturbing about trying to offer a free, high-quality education through a well-established (international) educational model to students who otherwise may not have the means to afford one?!  Isn't that what [u]PUBLIC[/u] education is supposed to do?! And aren't Charters exactly the place for educators to offer such alternatives?  Not to mention the fact that by naming "FARM" students as a "disturbing" target population, you are placing blame and pointing to the CHILDREN as a negative element.  Children are children - no matter what their families' socio-economic status is.  It's easy to point fingers and write that way when you refer to a sub-group of children by use of an acronym.  How about realizing that each and every one of those children whose [i]PARENTS[/i] may qualify for free or reduced meals has a name of their own?!  Children are not defined nor determined by whatever boxes their parents may check on their enrollment forms - each and every one has a potential genius waiting to be awakened within.  That is what Montessori realized in her work and research, and why she was so successful with the "uneducable".  And please, please stop to think for a second about the message you are sending YOUR OWN child when you project that kind of elitist attitude...[/quote]

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