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Originally Posted by Fitz
I think I've responded honestly to your posts and backed my assertions with more than hypothetical foot races.
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Your backing being a study of 26,000 kids, of which none were attending the school in question?
You assert more time in school is an advantage over other kids, but you ignore that the playing field is not level. You further ignore that some of that extra time is spent not learning in a classroom, but in creating an environment other kids already have.
In what way is more time in school an advantage over kids ahead of them academically?
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Originally Posted by Fitz
Do you really believe that all white (you can drop the “suburban” euphemism) children grow up in supportive healthy environments? And I will say it again, how do you know that white children would not benefit from something if it hasn't been tried?
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Subruban is not a euphemism, economics is the real issue in education.
Kids who don't concern themselves over where their next meal is coming from, or getting shot on the way home from school have an environment more conducive to learning than those who have those concerns. Schools that have parents that actively participate are better for kids than ones that don't.
As for whether white kids, or all kids, would benefit from the charter school style education is something that is beyond the scope of Promise Academy and is open for debate.