Politics played a bigger role. Simply put they had to aim for lowest common denominator when setting standards else claims of discrimination would pile on. Man

Politics played a bigger role. Simply put they had to aim for lowest common denominator when setting standards else claims of discrimination would pile on. Many school systems went so far as to either modify grading systems to prevent embarrassment or celebration of achievement. Schools types which attempt to provide a more specialized learn curriculum are regularly demonized for one reason or another. If you want the best education then the word fairness needs to be applied properly. Fairness is insuring all students are offered the opportunity to learn and receive an education while accepting there are many who can learn more and should be offered the opportunity to do so even if that includes elevating them among their peers. Educational achievement should be held in higher esteem that sports yet for some odd reason we do not consider fairness is sports an issue where some kids cannot compete because of ability yet in learning we do.