Va. committee passes bill banning admissions discrimination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asra Nomani is a lying political hack jockeying for time on FoxNews. Why would anyone listen to that Trumphumper?

This demonstrates how low the liberals are.

Sorry, truth hurts. Must be tough to face reality every now and then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asra Nomani is a lying political hack jockeying for time on FoxNews. Why would anyone listen to that Trumphumper?

This demonstrates how low the liberals are.

She has taken so much abuse and still prevailed. I know it drives the FCDC hacks like the unicorn dude crazy and I’m so here for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asra Nomani is a lying political hack jockeying for time on FoxNews. Why would anyone listen to that Trumphumper?

This demonstrates how low the liberals are.

She has taken so much abuse and still prevailed. I know it drives the FCDC hacks like the unicorn dude crazy and I’m so here for it.

Abuse? She's been called out for her lies and personal ambition. Just another Trumphumper.

[Anonymous]

Oooooh, please share some links.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asra Nomani is a lying political hack jockeying for time on FoxNews. Why would anyone listen to that Trumphumper?

This demonstrates how low the liberals are.

She has taken so much abuse and still prevailed. I know it drives the FCDC hacks like the unicorn dude crazy and I’m so here for it.

Abuse? She's been called out for her lies and personal ambition. Just another Trumphumper.

It's not the sign of profound intelligence at work to label everyone with whom you disagree a "Trumphumper."

Will be fantastic when the School Board members who've already wasted over two years in office by sucking up to the likes of the TJ AAG have to face voters again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asra Nomani is a lying political hack jockeying for time on FoxNews. Why would anyone listen to that Trumphumper?

This demonstrates how low the liberals are.

She has taken so much abuse and still prevailed. I know it drives the FCDC hacks like the unicorn dude crazy and I’m so here for it.

Abuse? She's been called out for her lies and personal ambition. Just another Trumphumper.

It's not the sign of profound intelligence at work to label everyone with whom you disagree a "Trumphumper."

Will be fantastic when the School Board members who've already wasted over two years in office by sucking up to the likes of the TJ AAG have to face voters again.

I only call the Trumphumpers Trumphumpers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/11/10/im-a-muslim-a-woman-and-an-immigrant-i-voted-for-trump/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how much Republicans really hate Blacks and Hispanics. Just despise them to the core of their being.

No they just don’t pander to a particular group for political gain.

LOL. That’s hilarious.

“CRT”
“parents can ban books”
“advanced math will be banned”

Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how much Republicans really hate Blacks and Hispanics. Just despise them to the core of their being.

No they just don’t pander to a particular group for political gain.

LOL. That’s hilarious.

“CRT”
“parents can ban books”
“advanced math will be banned”

Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

Only 15 at Stone Hill previously? I honestly would have thought the number was much higher as that is one of the traditional TJ Feeders in Loudoun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how much Republicans really hate Blacks and Hispanics. Just despise them to the core of their being.

No they just don’t pander to a particular group for political gain.

LOL. That’s hilarious.

“CRT”
“parents can ban books”
“advanced math will be banned”

Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

That’s not “banning advanced math” if kids are still taking math 2-3 grade levels ahead.

Sounds like they are raising the bar by increasing the threshold of who takes those classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how much Republicans really hate Blacks and Hispanics. Just despise them to the core of their being.

No they just don’t pander to a particular group for political gain.

LOL. That’s hilarious.

“CRT”
“parents can ban books”
“advanced math will be banned”

Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

That’s not “banning advanced math” if kids are still taking math 2-3 grade levels ahead.

Sounds like they are raising the bar by increasing the threshold of who takes those classes.

Now THAT would be a good idea. TJ kids have proven for over a decade now that artificially advancing students in math can have catastrophic results. There are very few who are genuinely prepared for Pre-Calc or above at the start of 9th grade - but too many parents want their student to look like those students, so the go to whatever expense is necessary to push their child too far. This is the best argument in favor of limiting the impact of math advancement in the TJ admissions process - children should be advanced according to their ability, not their parents' aspirations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is amazing how much Republicans really hate Blacks and Hispanics. Just despise them to the core of their being.

No they just don’t pander to a particular group for political gain.

LOL. That’s hilarious.

“CRT”
“parents can ban books”
“advanced math will be banned”

Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

That’s not “banning advanced math” if kids are still taking math 2-3 grade levels ahead.

Sounds like they are raising the bar by increasing the threshold of who takes those classes.

Now THAT would be a good idea. TJ kids have proven for over a decade now that artificially advancing students in math can have catastrophic results. There are very few who are genuinely prepared for Pre-Calc or above at the start of 9th grade - but too many parents want their student to look like those students, so the go to whatever expense is necessary to push their child too far. This is the best argument in favor of limiting the impact of math advancement in the TJ admissions process - children should be advanced according to their ability, not their parents' aspirations.

That is an excellent idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

That’s not “banning advanced math” if kids are still taking math 2-3 grade levels ahead.

Sounds like they are raising the bar by increasing the threshold of who takes those classes.

DP. What is the rationale for this change? If they found that kids who have been accelerated have been struggling, that's a legitimate reason to raise the bar. If it's simply because it looks bad for the school to primarily have Asian students in the most accelerated group, and they're doing this to fix the optics, that's not a legitimate reason for the change. I'd love to see the data on how the accelerated kids were doing long term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Now THAT would be a good idea. TJ kids have proven for over a decade now that artificially advancing students in math can have catastrophic results. There are very few who are genuinely prepared for Pre-Calc or above at the start of 9th grade - but too many parents want their student to look like those students, so the go to whatever expense is necessary to push their child too far. This is the best argument in favor of limiting the impact of math advancement in the TJ admissions process - children should be advanced according to their ability, not their parents' aspirations.

That is an excellent idea.


So, what is your plan for those very few highly gifted kids who are genuinely prepared for pre-calc or higher at the start of 9th? It sounds like you want to take advanced classes away from them, force them to wallow in classes in which they'll learn absolutely nothing, and then deny them TJ since they are getting no credit for being math geniuses.

My kid has a 104% average in Algebra II as a 6th grader. He also qualified for AIME in 6th. He's hoping that pre-calc might be his first opportunity to learn something in a school math class and not be bored out of his mind. The only thing I've done is enroll him in 1 AoPS class per year. Kids like this exist. Stop trying to put barriers in their way or hold them back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Loudoun County math staff 'to promote equity I think it is important to eliminate tracking'.
For now they have eliminated algebra 1 for 6th graders. Stone Hill used to have about 15 6th graders taking algebra. This year, Rosa Lee Carter is putting just two 5th graders next year into PREALGEBRA.

That’s not “banning advanced math” if kids are still taking math 2-3 grade levels ahead.

Sounds like they are raising the bar by increasing the threshold of who takes those classes.

DP. What is the rationale for this change? If they found that kids who have been accelerated have been struggling, that's a legitimate reason to raise the bar. If it's simply because it looks bad for the school to primarily have Asian students in the most accelerated group, and they're doing this to fix the optics, that's not a legitimate reason for the change. I'd love to see the data on how the accelerated kids were doing long term.

I’m not sure about LCPS, but when APS eliminated A1 in 6th several years ago the math dept said that they were seeing poor math outcomes in later years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Now THAT would be a good idea. TJ kids have proven for over a decade now that artificially advancing students in math can have catastrophic results. There are very few who are genuinely prepared for Pre-Calc or above at the start of 9th grade - but too many parents want their student to look like those students, so the go to whatever expense is necessary to push their child too far. This is the best argument in favor of limiting the impact of math advancement in the TJ admissions process - children should be advanced according to their ability, not their parents' aspirations.

That is an excellent idea.

So, what is your plan for those very few highly gifted kids who are genuinely prepared for pre-calc or higher at the start of 9th? It sounds like you want to take advanced classes away from them, force them to wallow in classes in which they'll learn absolutely nothing, and then deny them TJ since they are getting no credit for being math geniuses.

My kid has a 104% average in Algebra II as a 6th grader. He also qualified for AIME in 6th. He's hoping that pre-calc might be his first opportunity to learn something in a school math class and not be bored out of his mind. The only thing I've done is enroll him in 1 AoPS class per year. Kids like this exist. Stop trying to put barriers in their way or hold them back.

I'm sorry that you pushed your kid faster than school could accommodate and now want to school to bend to your kid.