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It's worth mentioning that gifted and talented schools also put all the top test takers into a small number of schools within a system taking away AP opportunit
by faizshah 7y ago
It's worth mentioning that gifted and talented schools also put all the top test takers into a small number of schools within a system taking away AP opportunities and other funding from other schools within the system.
Additionally, other kids in the system miss out from the interaction with top performing students whose habits and interests can rub off and help lift up other students. One of the most important parts of going to school is meeting people and learning new things from them and this isn't mentioned enough in the test score and percentile driven education age.
- Kaveren 7y agothe best students should never be weighed down to benefit the lower performers. the top percentile people in essentially any pursuit are responsible for a disproportionately large impact. it is far more important for the top performers to achieve their potential than for the middle to do slightly better.
- faizshah 7y agoAt any school in the system the top performers would be in advanced classes and receiving the top education at that school. We are talking about public schools, everyone pays taxes for these schools not just the families of the top performers. Therefore, every student should have access to the AP classes and resources that are centralized within magnet schools.
- sokoloff 7y agoWhy? Why should a student who isn’t (or probably shouldn’t be) college-bound have theoretical (or actual) access to an AP course? I was barred from taking our Vocational-Technical courses (auto repair, auto body, advanced shop, etc) because they weren’t offered to G&T kids. That also seems fine to me. Not every human is well suited for every endeavor.