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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I think it's generally considered on these boards that the public schools in nova are superior to a majority of the country. So, it could very well be because so much of the rest of the country has high farm rates. Those schools aren't as great and the SES make up is the reason.[/quote]

The big problem with the federal vision of education is that in their eyes (the fed DOE) it is the schools that are poor (or doing a poor job), when it is the students that are poor inside the school and the issues of poverty are what need to be addressed.  Many schools, in general, are doing the best they can with the population that they serve, but they tend to get dinged for something that they cannot control.

All that said, yes, it is going to be a better situation for a "nonpoor" student to go to a school where there is not an overwhelming number of lower SES students.  Schools with lots of FARMS are overwhelmed by nonacademic issues.  Society needs to address the economic situation that is causing higher and higher numbers of poor students in our schools.  The schools and teachers are not at fault in this.  [/quote]

I don't think any federal agency can address the myriad factors that result in poverty and schools with high concentrations of poverty.  I think it's a good thing if they try to prevent schools from giving in to a culture of defeatism, where everyone just shrugs, throws up their hands and assumes failure.  The problem is dinging students and teachers for things they really cannot control. [/quote]

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