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That could work, though it should probably be random lottery among people who are in some way determined to be students capable of handling the work.
by wan23 12y ago
That could work, though it should probably be random lottery among people who are in some way determined to be students capable of handling the work.
- WalterBright 12y agoAgain, that's back to having a flawed admissions test. The criteria should simply be those who apply.
- wan23 12y agoThat defeats the purpose entirely. There are plenty of schools that take anyone who applies. These specialized schools only take kids who are capable of handling a more advanced workload. And on top of that, the average NYC public school student is in a pretty bad place in the eighth grade. A quarter of them won't make it to graduation no matter what school they attend.