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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sometimes wonder why some kids from immigrant families (parents not fluent in a English) have better writing and reading comprehension skills than kids from here. Immigrant parents can't help them at all. [/quote]

They put their kids from age 3 or 4 in Kumon reading or other tutoring programs. Kumon reading has a lot of reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and writing. [/quote]

Actually, they supplement math, not reading.Ask me how I know.[/quote]

Are you speaking for all immigrants?  :roll:  Signed--parent who had her kid in Kumon and knows there are all types of parents there who put their kids in both English and math instruction.  (Although I didn't personally think either were very high quality and unenrolled my kid fairly quickly.)[/quote]

I am an immigrant parent and I can attest that math is the preferred path. Most of the kids in after class math are coming from either Asisn or Indian families. If you ever go to math competitions, Science Olympiad, or Robotics - 90% are Asian and Indian students. Here goes equity here, nobody cares about FARMS rates, segregation, etc. Parents are old school and are pretty strict with their kids.

My children were in New Your Public Schools several years ago and that was also true. STEAM was dominated by Asian students. [/quote]

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