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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's amazing to me that the myth of "more money is spent on ward 3" is so resilient, when it's never been even remotely true.  Disadvantaged kids get more money allocated to them than any other student.

Part problem with high-disadvantaged schools is the WAY the money is being spent on education.  But I don't blame DCPS for it, really -- those kids need even MORE money spent on them.  Their curriculum needs to be different, too.  It's a huge problem that must be addressed on the federal level, to increase spending on these kids throughout the country.

The myth that Ward 3 kids get more money must also be part of the problem -- there's some kind of mental block that is preventing some people from seeing the truth.[/quote]

Just throwing money at the problem won't solve it.  You touched on something - the WAY kids are taught.  Different approaches are needed with disadvantaged kids - and that may include teaching them many of the basic life skills and social skills that the rest of us take for granted.  There's a lot of bad parenting and absentee parenting going on.  Many disadvantaged households don't have a concept of what "normal" is to the rest of us.  It needs to be taught and learned - and, the earlier in the child's life, the better.[/quote]

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