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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ Great point. But I would stress that you do not need to wonder about how poor prenatal care relates to delayed devolpment and resulting special education student issues. The evidence is all around the schools. I posted previously about how a failing school is either part of a failing community that we need to embrace, and restructure completely, or simply walk away from. Pouring our time and efforts into bite sized pieces of the problem does nothing. I am a former corporate attorney who joined TFA 5 years ago in DC, because I wanted to give back and help the community. Now, five years later I am not sure we can force educational values on a community that is still resistant. I tend to shy away from the incubator model of the KIPP and SEED schools, where they ignore the community and just pull from the top. However, advocating for paretns and famillies who do not know what they are missing is a lost cause. Best thing I hope for now are lower birth rates. It's sad, but true.[/quote]

Good to hear someone from TFA expressing these views.  More of you need to come out of the woodwork and share your experiences.  But I'm troubled by your defeatism.  You think we should "simply walk away" from communities that are in distress?

I'm troubled by your willingness label both communities and schools as "failing".  Isn't it our society that is failing to address the needs of these communities?

There are many students who come from these "so-called" failing communities and failing schools that are productive, tax-paying members of this broader community.  Maybe the schools are not failing as much as you think?[/quote]

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