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Students will be chosen to attend using the standard New York City lottery system--one third of selected students will be below grade level, one third will be a
by bd_at_rivenhill 16y ago
Students will be chosen to attend using the standard New York City lottery system--one third of selected students will be below grade level, one third will be at grade level, and one third will be above.
I want to thank flipp, Fast Company, and IBM for saving me $10: I don't need to go see "Waiting For Superman" now because it's all in this sentence. Why wouldn't they just start with the most qualified applicants and fill slots until there are none left?
- jj_aa 16y agoI've never gone through the system, but my first guess would be it's probably so that all the slots aren't given to kids from ideal, wealthy homes, raised with tutors and computer camp, but that there's some room in there for kids who might be really bright, but also dealing with effed up home situations that knock a couple points off their standardized testing. Or who are bored as fuck in their current school but would really come alive at a CS-focused school where they can learn alongside the most qualified applicants. Because school isn't a consulting firm or a hedge fund.
- bd_at_rivenhill 16y agoI can understand adjusting for socio-economic class, but why bring in kids that are working below grade level? Why not place them in a remedial program instead?
- jseliger 16y agoIf you want to learn more and continue being spared that $10, see the list of articles I started keeping here: http://jseliger.com/2009/11/12/susan-engel-doesnt-get http://jseliger.com/2009/11/12/susan-engel-doesnt-get . It's virtually impossible to read all of them and still think that the ways schools are organized and the role teachers unions currently play is acceptable.