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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Parents are the primary teachers of their children. Schools are there to help. If you find the experience lackluster, you need to step up your parenting game.[/quote]

This would be fine if they weren't there for 6 hours a day plus the long bus rides. What is the point of spending 2 billion a year and forcing kids to be bored all day if you have to teach them everything at home anyway? If MCPS wants to admit that they provide nothing beyond free babysitting service then OK but they could do that much cheaper. [/quote]

This. Since when did it become received wisdom that parents are the primary teacher of their children? Character, sure. Academic, never in history. It is because of this line of thinking, SES became the deterministic factor in student achievement. Sure, there are some kids who really come from a unstable environment with illiterate parents, I can imagine teaching these kids require more effort than a child coming in knowing much of the curriculum. But this cannot be the whole truth. Bad curriculum and bad teaching need to be part of the discussion as well. It is even more important for the low SES students who may depend entirely on school for their education. [/quote]

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