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NABC wants SAT and ACT eliminated as an eligibility requirement for college players
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<blockquote data-quote="sacraig" data-source="post: 1544502" data-attributes="member: 586845"><p>The key issue with this portion is that a lot of parents don't have a choice. For a lot of parents, a disproportionate amount of time is spent just trying to make ends meet and put food on the table. My wife and I are fortunate enough to not be living paycheck to paycheck, but even then we both have jobs that demand a lot from us (and haven't let up during the current crisis), so I can't imagine how parents who are struggling to feed their kids could possibly put as much effort into educating them.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the ZIP codes that have a disproportionate number of parents in that boat are also the ones with the most chronically underfunded schools. Indeed, those two things are related since school funding tracks with tax base. So now you have kids in those districts who go to poorly-funded schools <strong>and</strong> are more likely to live in a household where parents literally do not have the time (or often education) to really directly help their kids excel. It's a vicious cycle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sacraig, post: 1544502, member: 586845"] The key issue with this portion is that a lot of parents don't have a choice. For a lot of parents, a disproportionate amount of time is spent just trying to make ends meet and put food on the table. My wife and I are fortunate enough to not be living paycheck to paycheck, but even then we both have jobs that demand a lot from us (and haven't let up during the current crisis), so I can't imagine how parents who are struggling to feed their kids could possibly put as much effort into educating them. Unfortunately, the ZIP codes that have a disproportionate number of parents in that boat are also the ones with the most chronically underfunded schools. Indeed, those two things are related since school funding tracks with tax base. So now you have kids in those districts who go to poorly-funded schools [B]and[/B] are more likely to live in a household where parents literally do not have the time (or often education) to really directly help their kids excel. It's a vicious cycle. [/QUOTE]
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