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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Textbooks or no textbooks, if you eliminate immigrants, poor people, and kids with learning disabilities from the classroom (and make the class size smaller!), you’re going to get different outcomes.

No one is struggling to learn English. No one is struggling to keep up. [/quote]

Why are you picking on immigrants, poor people and kids with learning disabilities? There are plenty of non-immigrants (following your loose term - BTW, worthwhile to reflect on your own roots, affluent people and kids with no learning disabilities who struggle to read and write proper English, struggle to do math, and struggle to follow instructions in class. [/quote]

I’m not picking on anyone, but stating facts.

Group 1:
30 students in a class
2 don’t speak English, and the teacher must accommodate this
6 come from low income families, where the parents weren’t able to read to their kids every day
1 has significant learning disabilities and the teacher must accommodate this
1 has significant behavioral issues, causing major disruptions at least once a week

Group 2:
15 students in a class
Everyone speaks English fluently
Everyone comes from a family that read to them daily, as well as enrolling them in enrichment activities throughout the year
No learning disabilities
No major behavioral concerns

Honestly, which group is going to get a better academic education? You’re kidding yourself if you don’t say Group 2.

And of course their are plenty of non-immigrants that don’t speak English well, have learning disabilities, etc. But the fact is, you won’t find any of these people in top-tier private schools. Anyone with issues would be counseled out by middle or high school.

Now, which group produces more compassionate non-*ssholes, well, that’s another discussion entirely.

Just trying to answer OP’s question about what the differences are.[/quote]

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