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Eliminating accelerated or gifted programs doesn't create equality any more than mandating a uniform maximum height will stop people from growing past 2 meters
by mikece 4y ago
Eliminating accelerated or gifted programs doesn't create equality any more than mandating a uniform maximum height will stop people from growing past 2 meters in height. All it does it rob society at large from the possibility of the exceptionally able from realizing their potential sooner. If we're willing, as a body politic, to eschew the possibility of an exceptional learner from discovering things like the cure for cancer in the name of equity then we'll reap the fruit of that collective decision.
- formerly_proven 4y agoEquity != Equality. Equity is semantically closer to equality of outcome than equality (of conditions/opportunities).
- mikece 4y agoI will agree 100% that words and terms are being thrown around without adequate or agreed upon definition of terms. Without an agreement on the definition of the words being used it's pretty much impossible to have a cogent exchange of ideas.
- TimPC 4y agoBut Equity also argues for treating people differently depending on their needs. Eliminating gifted programs so that all students are treated the same seems to me to be far closer to the equality bucket than any equity one.
- bendbro 4y agoComrade I see you have formed some misinformations, please allow me to reeducate you. The pupil-with-non-intrinsically-greater-test-performance does not need increased schooling, as she already has too much. To increase equity and goodwill in our society, it is best for the student to receive less education.
- systemvoltage 4y ago[flagged]