Why not close the achievement gap from the top down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP- whoa, why so competitive with others?? You do you. Stop comparing your kid to other kids. Help your kid reach their potential instead of spending your energy trying to squash others. Do you not want any doctors taking care of you and your kid or any engineers designing things you probably use- like a car or a kitchen appliance? Calculus really isn’t that difficult for some kids. Be careful what you wish for.

Taking away calculus sounds very oppressive - and would not change the wealth gap.
My kid could learn calculus on their own from Kahn academy if they wanted to. It’s really not that hard.

Speak for yourself. Math is hard for a lot of people. You might find any kind of math easy but have no ability to create art or dance. Another person creates beautiful poetry but science doesn’t make sense to them. It’s surprising to me that people still don’t understand that we all don’t have the same brains.

We need top math programs available for students whose strengths lie in math and science. Cities are doing a better job in creating specialized schools for these students. I don’t know why anyone would find a problem with having tough math classes available for students whose strengths need them to pursue their goals. I would have a problem with all students being required to take advanced math classes.

[Anonymous]

If we can have freshman, JV, Varsity, and intramural sports programs we can offer accelerated math classes in schools.

If we can host auditions for musicals, we can offer accelerated students, accelerated classes.

Not everyone makes the cut for a varsity team or the spring musical. Why don’t we have the same attitude with academics at our main academic centers - public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we can have freshman, JV, Varsity, and intramural sports programs we can offer accelerated math classes in schools.

If we can host auditions for musicals, we can offer accelerated students, accelerated classes.

Not everyone makes the cut for a varsity team or the spring musical. Why don’t we have the same attitude with academics at our main academic centers - public schools.

- because it runs counter to the mantra of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA); especially “equity of outcome.”