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[quote=Anonymous][quote]As for Title 1 schools. 
I have two friends who tried them, lured by smaller class sizes and the promise of additional resources and attention from teachers. Neither lasted long, because it became socially very awkward to make deep friendships with children who had so much less, whose families had very significant issues, where parents could not be involved in school, or for whom education was not a priority. [/quote]

So, I totally believe that PP's friends had this experience because I'm not in the business of telling anyone that their experience is not their experience.  With that said, we've not had the same experience at a Title I school.  There are other middle class families, particularly in our neighborhood, but we've also just not had the experience of families having "very significant issues" or education not being a priority.  I'm sure there are families with significant issues, but nothing that has impacted our experience at the school.  The issues I do see seem to be related to poverty, like some turnover in the classroom as families move from one apartment to another one in a different school zone.  But...acting out, or kids witnessing violence at home and bringing that to school?  I haven't seen that and I'm in the classroom/school a fair amount.

As for education being a priority, I've found that my kids' peers are under a lot of pressure to perform at a high level, as their parents often gave up a lot to come to the United States.  In many cases, the parents were well educated professionals back home, but war, violent extremism, or just political shifts forced them to emigrate or seek asylum in the United States.  They value education highly because they want their kids to have the same advantages that they had back home before the country fell to Al Shabaab or whatever.

So, yeah, I think it's possible to have a good experience at a Title I school.  It's also possible to have a bad experience, but that's really true of any type of school. [/quote]

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