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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I cannot afford to move out of the urban school my kid is in: I ideally would like to like in a suburb with good schools but I can’t afford it.

Issues I’m running into include my kid getting good grades, but testing very portly in math in spite of high grades. There are a lot of social and behavioral issues with the kids at my daughter’s school. A lot of the values amongst the other students don’t match the values i try to teach at home.[/quote]

You aren't going to be able to do anything about the other kids at your child's school and it's probably going to get worse as your daughter gets older. Find a school that seems to have the type of community that you want your daughter to be a part of. If you are in DC, enter the lottery to try to switch schools for the 2025-2026 school year. If your child is in elementary, target schools that you have a good chance at getting in and which have decent middle and high school pathways.

Does your daughter like music? Sports? Theatre? Robotics? Chances are, there is an activity or program in DC that she could get involved in that would give her exposure to other kids/families outside of school that would complement the values you are trying to reinforce at home.

Meanwhile, Khan Academy is a free online resource that serves kids as young as 2nd or 3rd grade up through high school. It provides supplementation for math, science and other subjects (for older grades). The courses align pretty well with the DCPS curriculum for math. Not sure if the same is true for science but it's close.

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