New Jay Matthew's op ed on TJ

[Anonymous]

Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs....

[Anonymous]

TJ should be closed and let the money be spent on improving lower income schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs....

It is Jackson's opinion that it will "discriminate" against Asians. No need to address it when it's been addressed a million times. The new standards are race neutral. The fact that the number of Asian students might decrease doesn't mean it discriminates against Asians. Also, if the 90 percent gifted figure he's quoting is based on the number of kids that come from AAP, that's a laughable stat. The vast majority of kids in AAP are not gifted. So tired of people with kids currently at TJ thinking their kids have some RIGHT to have more access to TJ's STEM resources than other kids from Fairfax County. It's a public school and a decision has been made that TJ should serve a broader cross section of Fairfax County kids. The standards are race neutral, set a GPA benchmark of 3.5 and spread TJ spots across Fairfax County geographically. Don't like it, send your kids to private. The same people screaming about the TJ change are on the college forum griping that their TJ kid didn't get into UVA. Cry me a river. The entitlement is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ should be closed and let the money be spent on improving lower income schools.

Maybe turn all the lower ranked IB schools into STEM magnets and distribute the TJ equipment/resources to those schools.

[Anonymous]

Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point and nothing he has to say about TJ or any other local public school warrants much attention or offers a fresh insight.

The thrust of the article was that he welcomed the changes but Harry Jackson, who doesn't, undoubtedly knows more than he does about TJ these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs....

It is Jackson's opinion that it will "discriminate" against Asians. No need to address it when it's been addressed a million times. The new standards are race neutral. The fact that the number of Asian students might decrease doesn't mean it discriminates against Asians. Also, if the 90 percent gifted figure he's quoting is based on the number of kids that come from AAP, that's a laughable stat. The vast majority of kids in AAP are not gifted. So tired of people with kids currently at TJ thinking their kids have some RIGHT to have more access to TJ's STEM resources than other kids from Fairfax County. It's a public school and a decision has been made that TJ should serve a broader cross section of Fairfax County kids. The standards are race neutral, set a GPA benchmark of 3.5 and spread TJ spots across Fairfax County geographically. Don't like it, send your kids to private. The same people screaming about the TJ change are on the college forum griping that their TJ kid didn't get into UVA. Cry me a river. The entitlement is ridiculous.

"Race neutral"? An admissions test was race neutral. An evaluation that gives a boost for your "experience factors" is not hardly race neutral.

[Anonymous]

“ Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point”
+1 cannot recall the last good piece by him I have read. He is like Petula for education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs....

It is Jackson's opinion that it will "discriminate" against Asians. No need to address it when it's been addressed a million times. The new standards are race neutral. The fact that the number of Asian students might decrease doesn't mean it discriminates against Asians. Also, if the 90 percent gifted figure he's quoting is based on the number of kids that come from AAP, that's a laughable stat. The vast majority of kids in AAP are not gifted. So tired of people with kids currently at TJ thinking their kids have some RIGHT to have more access to TJ's STEM resources than other kids from Fairfax County. It's a public school and a decision has been made that TJ should serve a broader cross section of Fairfax County kids. The standards are race neutral, set a GPA benchmark of 3.5 and spread TJ spots across Fairfax County geographically. Don't like it, send your kids to private. The same people screaming about the TJ change are on the college forum griping that their TJ kid didn't get into UVA. Cry me a river. The entitlement is ridiculous.

"Race neutral"? An admissions test was race neutral. An evaluation that gives a boost for your "experience factors" is not hardly race neutral.

you're not very smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“ Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point”
+1 cannot recall the last good piece by him I have read. He is like Petula for education.

No, Petula really hit her stride lately. She's been hitting it out of the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point and nothing he has to say about TJ or any other local public school warrants much attention or offers a fresh insight.

The thrust of the article was that he welcomed the changes but Harry Jackson, who doesn't, undoubtedly knows more than he does about TJ these days.

This is a curious way to frame opinions. Opinions that you like are better for X reason, which isn't really an objective reason, it's only a presumed fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“ Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point”
+1 cannot recall the last good piece by him I have read. He is like Petula for education.

No, Petula really hit her stride lately. She's been hitting it out of the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“ Jay Matthews is basically phoning it in at this point”
+1 cannot recall the last good piece by him I have read. He is like Petula for education.

Jay Matthews has hated TJ for decades. At least that was how TJ students always saw it.
-TJ alumn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have at it...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions-debate/2021/03/26/e730baf6-8c30-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html

Jackson said I am overlooking the fact that the portion of admitted students who are designated gifted will be less. That percentage “will decrease from the 90 percent who are in current classes under the merit-test admissions process to an estimated 60 percent under the new ‘holistic’ plan,” he said, “and it will racially discriminate against Asian Americans because school officials feel that they are overrepresented.”

He (similar to many others) doesn't even address this issue. It's like, oh they will be fine in other programs....

It is Jackson's opinion that it will "discriminate" against Asians. No need to address it when it's been addressed a million times. The new standards are race neutral. The fact that the number of Asian students might decrease doesn't mean it discriminates against Asians. Also, if the 90 percent gifted figure he's quoting is based on the number of kids that come from AAP, that's a laughable stat. The vast majority of kids in AAP are not gifted. So tired of people with kids currently at TJ thinking their kids have some RIGHT to have more access to TJ's STEM resources than other kids from Fairfax County. It's a public school and a decision has been made that TJ should serve a broader cross section of Fairfax County kids. The standards are race neutral, set a GPA benchmark of 3.5 and spread TJ spots across Fairfax County geographically. Don't like it, send your kids to private. The same people screaming about the TJ change are on the college forum griping that their TJ kid didn't get into UVA. Cry me a river. The entitlement is ridiculous.

Bleat, Bleat... Bleat, Bleat.

[Anonymous]

The fact that anyone is listening to Harry Jackson in any way shape or form is really...troubling.