[Haddit]

I moved my kid to a new school here in Los Angeles this year.
You’re right, no amount of money is ever going to force Latino families to take an interest in their kid’s schooling.

I got the school’s report card yesterday, and it had an API of 953, but they only had 2% English learners.

My kid had great teachers at her old school, but the learning environment sucked. My kid is much happier at her new school.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yeah. I can't speak for schools across the country, but I can say that of the schools I've worked in or visited here in L.A., the teachers are dedicated. They have to be, because no one teaches middle school for the fun of it. But certain cultures have certain values and education is by and large a white thing, and an Asian thing, and a Jewish thing. It is not really a black thing or Latino thing. I am sorry, but there it is.

Of course, there are individual students and families who are different from their cultural norm, who are focused on achievement. They tend to have excellent children who are a joy to work with. But most of them simply have a different set of priorities, and that is just that.