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[quote=Anonymous]Our three children attended a BCC cluster elementary school.  The godmother of our oldest teaches 3rd grade at a high-FARMs school in another part of the county.  When each of our kids went through 3rd grade, we often marvelled at how closely aligned our child's class was with the our friend's class.  (E.g., -- "Oh, you're doing fractions this week too.  What's a good way to help kids learn how to reduce fractions?")

Our friend would often note, however, that even with the same curriculum,  the classroom experience was very different from school to school.  Most of these differences were related to the students' socio-economic status.  One example really stands out in my memory: she told me that if she got 25% of parents attending at Back-to-School Night, that was a big showing; whereas at our school, it was unusual for a child not to have either parent attend, and, in many cases, both parents attended.  My friend wasn't in any way criticizing the parents of her students.  She understood completely that they were often working at night or couldn't afford a babysitter to allow them to attend BTS Night; rather, she was trying to help me understand that her students didn't have the same benefits of parent involvement that my kids did.     [/quote]

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