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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Most of you haven't lived in the shoes of a URM, and don't know what it's like to actually lift yourself up by the bootstraps out of poverty.

As to the bolder, I didn’t have to because my parents did that.

What you are suggesting is that Gatehouse address average test scores by moving hundreds of kids, disrupting them and their families, instead of moving a handful of principals who can accept or decline the offer to relocate.[/quote]

Moving poor kids away to a school that is not accessible is counterproductive.  This is not about the teachers, it is about instruction for the students.  It is key that the school be as accessible to them as possible--and to the families.

How do I know?  I was a teacher of kids in extreme poverty.  It takes hard work.  Support from the administration is helpful, as well.  But,Franklyou don't shift kids around in order to help the teachers.

I began my teaching career with extremely poor kids.  I learned a lot that helped me in later years when I taught in more economically diverse situations--though never in an affluent school.  But, I likely would have been a more effective teacher in that impoverished school if I had had some experience under my belt.  There was a huge learning curve for a beginning teacher who had only experienced training in middle class schools.

I suspect most people on DCUM have no idea what is needed.  But, I know that what is not needed is shifting hundreds of kids around.

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