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[quote=Anonymous]Teachers that teach the basics is key to ending inter-generational poverty. Education in the US tends to be inherited and not taught.

I spoke to a highly educated international family that is absolutely shocked by the amount of support they have to provide their children with homework and academics. My husband who also grew up overseas and has a doctorate from a prestigious US university never had to get help from his parents with schoolwork, which is a good thing because his parents were relatively well off, but had little formal education and likely couldn't help him anyway. The teachers conveyed the information to all the kids in the classroom, and each individual child had to take responsibility for his/her learning and was empowered to do so in school and at home with support from the classroom.

Shouldn't the US have a teaching model that develops a solid foundation for children in school? The reliance on parental help reinforces class and educational differences very early in life. If your parents cannot help you with school then you are completely lost.
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