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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cognitive gaps show up before children are 3, thanks to health, nutrition, trauma and just differences in the amount and way babies and toddlers are spoken to and with.

This is a good summary https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2013/09/24/early-childhood-achievement-gaps-and-social-mobility-part-1/amp/[/quote]

Yes.  There is also research that trauma can also be inherited genetically.  How does this inform at-risk spots for lottery?  This shows some of the reasons that achievement gaps grow overtime, right? [/quote]

It means that at risk lottery seats is not the panacea but it may help. As will home visiting programs, parent support and education https://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/257922222/closing-the-word-gap-between-rich-and-poor[/quote]

Exactly. There is no one way out of this public education crisis. Good teaching, starting early and sustained over time in necessary to help close the gap that starts with word gaps in infancy and leads to standardized test gaps. Teachers can't do it all - they need support from every level. Funding more adults in their schools to help is one way (even when the enrollment is low and there is no PTA pot to speak of). Taking a few of the highest need students out to reduce the concentration of poverty is another way (by lottery if necessary). Putting higher performing kids in is another way, but has been sadly rejected by people with means over and over again in busing and boundary conversations nationwide.[/quote]

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