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Do you really not think there's anything families of prospective students, or DCPS, can be doing now so that a higher percentage of kids are ultimately successful?  Given the range of CAS scores among schools with fairly similar FARMs percentages, I think there must be some things schools can do to help low-income kids succeed.  Also, I'm not sure that race and income are the only determinants of whether little kids need "intensive behavioral interventions."  I've seen some pretty wealthy kids act badly in school settings, especially if they've never been to day care or gotten to socialize much with other kids their age.  It's also been my experience that poorer kids get potty trained sooner and have fewer accidents (which makes sense: diapers and laundry are expensive!).  [/quote]

I don't think people are saying that "race and income are the only determinants of whether little kids need intensive behavioral interventions".   We all know that kids, in general, will misbehave (Its all a part of growing up).  The difference is, in general, kids that come from a stable and nurturing environment at home will have a number of advantages as opposed to kids who come from unstable and non-nurturing environments.   For example, kids from stable environments will be corrected in a nurturing way when they misbehave instead of being yelled at and cursed at.   The reality is that uneducated parents (in much higher numbers than educated parents) raise their kids in this manner.  So what happens is, these kids take the negativity that they are surrounded by at home, and naturally bring this to school.

This is why Title I type schools will have more dysfunctional classrooms than schools in Ward 3.[/quote]

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