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Don't throw this "no concept" stuff around, some of us also grew up dirt poor but aren't buying the lame excuses being thrown around here.  So again, I ask, what is throwing more money at it going to accomplish?  As was pointed out, there's already tons of free educational support out there, not to mention that DC has world class Smithsonian museums that are free, and yet the people who could stand to benefit the most don't even take advantage of what's there.  So, do you seriously think that more money going into providing yet more free stuff will somehow change anything?  It won't.  Throwing money around isn't going to change anything, the change that has to happen is cultural.[/quote]

Please note the word used was "deprived" not "poor" - and granted they often go together, but not always, and sometimes deprived/poor kids can make it without much parental support, but not most of the time.

I agree, a cultural change is needed, and contrary to what the reformers thought, the change can't be only in the schools, and the change can't be browbeating the teachers and principals to get the scores up or else.  We have data now to back that up - stagnation among the deprived, a widening achievement gap and cheating and a huge turnover in teachers and principals.[/quote]

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