> that's exactly what these school policies in CA and elsewhere are attempting to do Hmm… either I wasn’t clear, or we are talking about different things. May

> that's exactly what these school policies in CA and elsewhere are attempting to do Hmm… either I wasn’t clear, or we are talking about different things. Maybe I should have added “lessen the imbalance of access to opportunities” to be extra clear. California is creating equality of academic outcomes by reducing the access to academic opportunities — certain races can’t stand out if they simply aren’t given the chance to do so. The examples I gave of Head Start and well-run gifted and talented programs focus on increasing academic opportunities. One of these is inherently regressive, and the other is inherently progressive. > Striving for less inequality in general will also help solve the inequality in education problem. I think we are advocating for the same goal. To be clear about the how, I strongly advocate for increasing access to academic opportunities rather than limiting access to academic opportunities in order to generate an equality of outcomes at an overall lower level.