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Maybe this will out me as a foreigner, but why do people in the US constantly expect schools to do the work of community centers and social workers. Shouldn’t schools just focus on academics? Many European countries have schools solely working on academics and after school programs doing more of this community building stuff. Schools in the US are expected to do too much.

You're perfectly aligned with the latest union talking points.[/quote]

I'm not a teacher's union fan but I agree with this point---teachers got into teaching to be teachers, not  social workers.  But to answer the foreigner's question---the reason that being social workers has devolved upon the schools is because it is the only place that parents are legally obligated  to send their children.  There are numerous community programs scattered throughout the city, but the  participants are self-selecting---the parents may be low-income, but they are trying  to give their kids as many advantages and opportunities they find available and affordable.  Whereas the kids in school who are most in need of those types of socialization programs are most likely coming from home environments that are the  least likely to  get them into those programs.  And because of the  emphasis on individual autonomy in US society, there is  a cultural aversion to forcing families into those  types of programs, even if they  plainly need it.  [/quote]

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