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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Longtime Arlington parent here who would love to see  Montessori killed. After pre K it is subsidizing alternative ed for UMC parents. Not remotely addressing achievement gap. They dress themselves in Maria Montessori’s halo but spare us. That said, they are a bunch of tiger moms who have entrenched themselves in the AC/DC hypocrisy. They will niever die. [/quote]

That's silly. the single biggest factor in the achievement gap is not poor kids falling behind, its rich kids pulling away from everyone else. In fact, poor kids are doing better than ever before. Check out Sean Reardon's work on this issue. If you're truly concerned about the achievement gap, you wouldn't be liking on montessori, you'd be pushing for integrated schools so that poor kids had access to the enormous pta budgets that subsidize enrichment activities and opportunities for rich kids. It's these "investments" that fuel he achievement gap. Whatever it's faults, montessori is almost certainly more integrated than most NA schools, and students of all backgrounds benefit from active parents.[/quote]

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