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Ironically, all this does is decrease equity. Public schools may dumb down classes in this way, but private schools are unlikely to follow. For a smart kid, bei

by durumu 4y ago

Ironically, all this does is decrease equity. Public schools may dumb down classes in this way, but private schools are unlikely to follow. For a smart kid, being from a wealthy family already confers a significant advantage, and this just makes matters worse.

908B64B197 4y ago
Here in SF Lowell High School used to select students based on academic credentials. Activists now created a lottery system [0] and it's already lowering the bar for the material presented in class [1]. I guess now kids with money will just go to private school instead, and the smart, motivated students not picked up by the lottery will have to study "racially equitable math" [2] at the local public school, where advanced classes won't be available since they are deemed not equitable [3]. [0] https://thelowell.org/11314/features/lowell-freshmen-face-stigma-due-to-lottery-admissions/ https://thelowell.org/11314/features/lowell-freshmen-face-st... [1] https://thelowell.org/9346/news/a-new-era-begins-the-controversial-end-to-lowells-selective-admissions/ https://thelowell.org/9346/news/a-new-era-begins-the-controv... [2] https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11... [3] https://reason.com/2021/05/04/california-math-framework-woke-equity-calculus/ https://reason.com/2021/05/04/california-math-framework-woke...
version_five 4y ago
It's a feature not a bug. These kind of things always protect incumbents, that's the reason behind all the modern woke stuff. It's like demanding regulations to prevent building on a lake "to protect the environment" after already building your cottage and boat launch
phil21 4y ago
Yep. All my life the ladders for high achieving kids born to challenging circumstances have been being pulled up. I likely would be sentenced to working retail and fast food jobs my whole life if I was born today. The public school system I attended has more or less ended every program I used back then, as far as I can tell. It seems to be the goal of those implementing such things. If you are not of the right demographic, they simply do not want to see you succeed. I'm starting to believe it's outright maliciousness vs. naïve optimism.

by durumu 4y ago

908B64B197 4y ago

Here in SF Lowell High School used to select students based on academic credentials. Activists now created a lottery system [0] and it's already lowering the bar for the material presented in class [1]. I guess now kids with money will just go to private school instead, and the smart, motivated students not picked up by the lottery will have to study "racially equitable math" [2] at the local public school, where advanced classes won't be available since they are deemed not equitable [3]. [0] https://thelowell.org/11314/features/lowell-freshmen-face-stigma-due-to-lottery-admissions/ https://thelowell.org/11314/features/lowell-freshmen-face-st... [1] https://thelowell.org/9346/news/a-new-era-begins-the-controversial-end-to-lowells-selective-admissions/ https://thelowell.org/9346/news/a-new-era-begins-the-controv... [2] https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11... [3] https://reason.com/2021/05/04/california-math-framework-woke-equity-calculus/ https://reason.com/2021/05/04/california-math-framework-woke...

version_five 4y ago

It's a feature not a bug. These kind of things always protect incumbents, that's the reason behind all the modern woke stuff. It's like demanding regulations to prevent building on a lake "to protect the environment" after already building your cottage and boat launch

phil21 4y ago

Yep. All my life the ladders for high achieving kids born to challenging circumstances have been being pulled up. I likely would be sentenced to working retail and fast food jobs my whole life if I was born today. The public school system I attended has more or less ended every program I used back then, as far as I can tell. It seems to be the goal of those implementing such things. If you are not of the right demographic, they simply do not want to see you succeed. I'm starting to believe it's outright maliciousness vs. naïve optimism.