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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Number 3 is what we have in DC today, and it's' not really working. DCPS is still very segregated by race and the achievement gap is as wide as ever. [/quote] You will never overcome the achievement gap as long as there are parents who barely speak to their kids let alone read to their kids. Kids who come from these homes come to school with a 30 million word gap by the time they are 3 years old. It is unrealistic to think that schools will ever be able to completely overcome this gap even if we pour tons of money at it. I am totally in favor of offering preschool to even 2 year olds who come from disadvantage families as well as year round school for these kids. I think there should be sound reading and math curricula used as well. The gap is not due to so called segregation that happens due to neighborhoods or to racism IMHO. It is due to the huge word gap. [/quote]
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