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To: JohnM who wrote (246195)	3/2/2014 3:17:30 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 542148

I agree.

To: JohnM who wrote (246195)	3/2/2014 3:34:31 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542148

In California, at least, it's been going the opposite way- and for that I am grateful. We, in education, need to show our worth, but I think in general we are. Parents with kids in suburban schools are almost uniformly happy with the schools their kids go to. Urban poor schools are another kettle of fish- and a problem that mostly has nothing to do with the schools themselves. Those schools need societal intervention with law enforcement, social services, medical, dental and educational personnel working together to meet the basic needs of the children in the inner city, so that they are able to focus on learning. And it probably needs to start with prenatal education to be most effective. I'm not sure we have the will to save the inner cities, but if we do, we'll do it the way I suggest. Education cures the welfare cycle better than starvation.