Top SF high school sees record spike in failing grades after dropping merit-based admission system

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Anonymous wrote:I'll vote for Democrats at the national and state level if they align with my views on a women's right to choose and stronger gun control, but they sure as hell are ruining our local public schools with their obsession with equity and their commitment to eradicating the idea of academic merit.

- Independent who'll continue to split votes

it’s really inexplicably tragic that Democrats fail on education- from PK to college. get it together!!

The Uvalde parent community would probably disagree.

So now a crazy gunman dropout who shot his grandma, crashed her truck, and shot in a school is the justification for subpar k-12 curricula, lessons, behavior/discipline problems, obese kids, no pe class, no graded work??

What an education system indeed.

Nyc, SE DD, the loop in Chicago, north Baltimore have had weekly shootings for decades. But hey Defund the police.

[Anonymous]

Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

The GOP isn't for high standards. Sure, they're pro-segregation but given half a chance they'd end public education tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

[Anonymous]

No Achievement = No Achievement Gap.

Brilliant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

OK, find any state system ranking that puts reliably red states on top. Usually, it's New England and New Jersey at top and the deep south on the bottom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

OK, find any state system ranking that puts reliably red states on top. Usually, it's New England and New Jersey at top and the deep south on the bottom

Sure, for now that may still be true. The Democrats used to value education and that’s what you are seeing from those rankings. But they don’t any more. Personally I think those rankings are going to look extremely different in ten years because the anti-education faction of the Democratic Party has seized control of the party. Blue state education is already declining sharply and will continue to decline. The rankings will follow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

OK, find any state system ranking that puts reliably red states on top. Usually, it's New England and New Jersey at top and the deep south on the bottom

That's because the deep South is poor, and poor communities do worse at school. It's not like Democrats have done well with poor communities either. The Baltimore, DC, and Detroit school systems aren't anything to brag about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

OK, find any state system ranking that puts reliably red states on top. Usually, it's New England and New Jersey at top and the deep south on the bottom

Sure, for now that may still be true. The Democrats used to value education and that’s what you are seeing from those rankings. But they don’t any more. Personally I think those rankings are going to look extremely different in ten years because the anti-education faction of the Democratic Party has seized control of the party. Blue state education is already declining sharply and will continue to decline. The rankings will follow.

This. Lowering standards and rigor in the name of equity because having these is so racist is what they stand for. As a democrat and parent, it’s BS and the party is destroying education on this platform

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly unfortunately so long as the Republicans are pro-treason and against gun control and abortion/birth control, I will have to accept lowered academic standards and weak schools from Democrats. It is unfortunate but true.

such a horrible choice we have: safe school vs higher standards

Yea, as a parent, I'll pick door #1 -- safe school.

Look at republican controlled districts- the only ones that are any good are those that manage to jettison any surrounding poor areas. Meanwhile, the states with the worst overall educational systems in the country are in deep red states

Look, I’m not voting Republican any time soon because of treason and guns. You don’t have to persuade me to vote Democrat. But you also can’t gaslight me into believing the Democrats are pro-education, not after living through the last three years. I see what the Democrats stand for, and it’s not good.

OK, find any state system ranking that puts reliably red states on top. Usually, it's New England and New Jersey at top and the deep south on the bottom

Sure, for now that may still be true. The Democrats used to value education and that’s what you are seeing from those rankings. But they don’t any more. Personally I think those rankings are going to look extremely different in ten years because the anti-education faction of the Democratic Party has seized control of the party. Blue state education is already declining sharply and will continue to decline. The rankings will follow.

This. Lowering standards and rigor in the name of equity because having these is so racist is what they stand for. As a democrat and parent, it’s BS and the party is destroying education on this platform

+100
Oh and BTW kids don’t require political affiliation. They just want a great education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will end up like Banneker or Basis in DC, with high levels of attrition. I guess that’s one way to do rigorous high schools, but doesn’t seem like a huge improvement. SF should have kept Lowell as-is then opened a Basis by lottery.

What's frustrating is that they don't allow transfers to replace kids who flunked out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Democrats' plans in action.

Do away with all standards because any quality metric based on objective measurements is racist. The only thing that matters is diversity at all costs.

Quality of education predictably goes rapidly down the toilet.

Many Democrats will agree with you! It’s educators who are weakening the school system..not voters. Us parents are just as horrified as you.

It’s not educators who made this choice. Are you kidding me? It was a unilateral move by the school board members who have just been recalled in a landslide. Read some news.

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