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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading this I'm convinced the best way to close the achievement gap isn't through educational reform but by requiring parenting classes for parents of low performing students.[/quote]

What would you "teach" those parents?

Lesson 1) Be born in the United States as a native English speaker

Lesson 2) Have more money

Lesson 3) Have more time

Lesson 4) ...........?[/quote]

Seriously. How you could possibly come to that conclusion from these posts is beyond me. [/quote]

Maybe the poster was thinking of the model of the Harlem Children's Zone, which includes wrap-around services and parenting classes that start when parents are first expecting.  I think they've had some success, but it's expensive, and they have private donors.  And this model shouldn't be mandatory, but perhaps incentivized.

https://hcz.org/[/quote]

Something like this is worth exploring. I don't see how public school can address these problems in isolation.[/quote]

Then what you need isn't parenting classes, which is an offensive suggestion. What you need is wrap-around services, which is enormously expensive. For that to work, you would need every high needs elementary school to have:

* A dedicated psychologist
* A dedicated social worker to handle overflow from the psychologist AND to help folks access services
* A stand-alone food bank
* A medical clinic and maybe monthly dental clinic

All of this needs to be at the school, to make the school the center of the community and services.

That's a lot. It works, but it costs a lot and takes up a lot of real estate in the school. [/quote]

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