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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You'll feel less lucky when they get older and are behind the kids from the higher SES schools.  
 
 
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Gee. What arrogance.  FYI: Just because your kid goes to a higher SES school does not guarantee that he will be high.  Someone has to be at thebottom.
Former teacher[/quote]

And the poster who wrote the top quote fails to realize that a) kids who already have advantages do perfectly fine at Title 1 schools, ie get 600s on SOLs and b) actually get a better education because in addition to the smaller class sizes, Title I schools have access to more prof dev, more cutting edge instructional programs and more resources.

I have taught at non-Title I schools and found the instruction to be okay, but way more worksheets. The kids come with many advantages already and don't really balk at that instruction. But at a Title I school, I had to be on my game for kids that came in without advantages. I couldnt just give them some worksheets.  That made me a better teacher for EVERY kid, including the kids who were not from poverty, but in-bounds for our school. We had specialists in math and reading that gave us outstanding professional development. I never worked with more amazing teachers than when I was at a Title I school.

--FCPS teacher who has taught at both Title I and non-Title I schools[/quote]

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