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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn't just the SOLs. The kids in the wealthier schools in north arlington are generally doing more advanced work. I know all the schools are supposed to teach the same thing, but I keep hearing from friends in north arlington with kids in the same grade about more advanced work. The classroom goes into more depth on the subjects, or starts new subjects earlier. They are ahead and it shows on the advance pass rates on the SOLs. If kids are consistently learning more in wealthier schools than the poorer schools then over time there is a difference that is measureable beyond SOLs.

They have more afterschool enrichment as well. Much much more. More chess, computers, coding, math, science enrichment that add to classroom learning.

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Anyone who has ever sat in a classroom will say this: the pace of instruction depends on the classroom's center of gravity. If the median is a kid from a 2-parent, 200k+ household whose grandparents all went to college, the basics get covered pretty quickly. I'm guessing plenty of people reading this have first hand experience of being tracked in elementary school and know this to be true. No use coming up with exceptions to the rule.[/quote]

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