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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's funny.

We know scientifically that the quality of a child's early home environment and mother's education have a great impact on how a child does in school.  And yet, we think the schools can somehow magically erase the effects of those early inputs just by deciding that 25% of all groups should be in AAP.

Maybe instead of just deeming 25% of each racial group AAP-qualified in 3rd grade, the powers that be should be working to improve those early inputs so that kids are actually capable of passing the screening tests by 2nd grade and doing the AAP level work by 3rd grade.

Are the kids who aren't qualifying in sufficient numbers now actually AAP-capable (and missed by the tests)?  Or is the test not catching them b/c they aren't AAP-ready (i.e. a plan to water down AAP to meet those kids where they are and claim success)?

It's the difference b/t raising kids up so that they will qualify and succeed in AAP as it is today vs. reducing what AAP is so that more minorities can participate.

I'd hope it is the former.  But, I wonder if it is really the latter.   [/quote]

Ding ding this is all social engineering by white guilt liberals and throwing it on the schools is ridiculous

If the powers that be really wanted to change things they would change boundary lines and zoning and start community schools in the poorer sections of Fairfax County

Heck if people really cared they would move out of the richer parts of the county to the poorer parts or better yet they would voluntarily give up their spot in AAP for an URM.  Of course no one does that, as all prior posters have said everyone moves heaven and earth to ensure their precious offspring gets into AAP hypocrites.

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