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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay here's the thing.. most kids from poor families with uneducated parents grow up not thinking that college or some type of higher education is a reality for them. It's not even in their thought process.  We need to change that culture- for the kids AND for the parents.    [/quote]

Central American countries only mandate school until 6th grade. Not a value. Not a concept. 
That plus zero assimilation here = Still not a value. [/quote]
Bingo! 4 sentences sum up the problem with the OP's theory.  No way busing will fix this.[/quote]

But kids aren’t their parents.

Hey everybody: raise your hand if you have more education than your parents. It may be hard to believe, but over a third of American college students today have parents who did not go to college: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-generation_college_students_in_the_United_States

[b]You really can’t just write off a generation of students because they don’t have the right parents[/b].[/quote]

WHo's writing them off?  If anything, MCPS has proven that they do care about these students despite their upbringing. Look at  the focus on the achievement gap and the continuous flow of resources that go to Title 1 schools. But clearly it's not working.. because you can't have a solution that doesn't involve parents.  [/quote]

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