APS Equity over Education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

It is the schools’ job to educate all students. They can’t just leave some behind because they need more help than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

Yep. And let’s not forget: teachers are not social workers! They are there to teach and that’s it! It’s youre problem whether your kid is lactually learning. Just put an iPad in front then!!!

[Anonymous]

I feel like schools on this area have been addressing equity concerns for decades. Again: if the presence of overwhelmingly white elementary schools in the county bothers people, change zoning rules or the like. No more hiding out for those who think they are entitled to be “fine” in perpetuity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

Yep. And let’s not forget: teachers are not social workers! They are there to teach and that’s it! It’s youre problem whether your kid is lactually learning. Just put an iPad in front then!!!

Well written.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like schools on this area have been addressing equity concerns for decades. Again: if the presence of overwhelmingly white elementary schools in the county bothers people, change zoning rules or the like. No more hiding out for those who think they are entitled to be “fine” in perpetuity.

Having the perfect mix of demographics doesn't bring up the bottom. It just masks the issue in the overall test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS is really only good for average students. If you have kids at either end of the spectrum (gifted, learning disabilities) APS is not the place for you. I would go private. I have 3 kids Andy the average student is still in an APS school.

I disagree. The middle is left to fend for themselves. We left APS for private a couple years ago. Class sizes won’t get smaller..they will only grow. Once our kids arrived at private our eyes were opened at how much our kids missed out on.

[Anonymous]

Equity is for Black and Hispanic students.
The best money can buy is for white students.

That's what equity means in Arlington co. public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is really only good for average students. If you have kids at either end of the spectrum (gifted, learning disabilities) APS is not the place for you. I would go private. I have 3 kids Andy the average student is still in an APS school.

I disagree. The middle is left to fend for themselves. We left APS for private a couple years ago. Class sizes won’t get smaller..they will only grow. Once our kids arrived at private our eyes were opened at how much our kids missed out on.

X1000. We pulled 2 of out for private. The amount of basic learning that APS didn’t provide is astounding. The teachers are shocked at the things ether don’t know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

It is the schools’ job to educate all students. They can’t just leave some behind because they need more help than others.

Neither APS nor other area jurisdictions were "just leaving some behind." They have been committing more resources to those student populations than to other cohorts for many years, and under any scenario would have continued to do so.

The question is whether a commitment to "equity" means a single-minded focus on producing "equal outcomes" across all cohorts, which is simply not possible to accomplish, and dispensing with most traditional notions of student achievement if they get in the way of declaring that equity goals have been met. Parents see where this is heading and will simply pull their kids out of the public schools rather than watch their kids get ignored and the decline in any real measures of accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

DP here.

I'd challenge everyone to the best of their abilities, rather than only focusing on those who need help the most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Equity is a trash and worthless waste of money

Hi bigot.

The reality is it’s not the schools jobs to raise kids out of poverty. Their academic performance is driven by their home situation, the county, state, and a federal govt should be setting income and housing policies to give children the tools to succeed. Schools do not have the resources to fix equity outcomes.

It is the schools’ job to educate all students. They can’t just leave some behind because they need more help than others.

You don't have to leave them behind, but you should also spend some time with average and above average kids too, or give them more challenging assignments, rather than leaving them to educate themselves.

[Anonymous]

"Equity" means lowest common denominator education. It's an intentionally vague, undefined concept to permit public schools to try to socially re-engineer society rather than focus on their job of, ya know, educating children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Equity" means lowest common denominator education. It's an intentionally vague, undefined concept to permit public schools to try to socially re-engineer society rather than focus on their job of, ya know, educating children.

Unfortunately, this is true. Public school cannot act as a social safety net and meet the educational needs of all students. Those who need less are easier to ignore/let coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like schools on this area have been addressing equity concerns for decades. Again: if the presence of overwhelmingly white elementary schools in the county bothers people, change zoning rules or the like. No more hiding out for those who think they are entitled to be “fine” in perpetuity.

Having the perfect mix of demographics doesn't bring up the bottom. It just masks the issue in the overall test scores.

If that’s so, then I’d expect answers from leaders by now. These concerns have been highlighted for decades.