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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a parent of a 9th grader at Wilson. when we went to the school presentation by the principal (it was Deal night at Wilson I think), I think she said, if I understood correctly, that the "honor for all" thing in 9th grade was based on the fact that classes in 9th grade were small, 10-15 students, so all students could be properly followed and they could all get to honor level the following year. I was a little skeptical because I have done some volunteering in DCPS schools and saw kids who can barely read in 6th grade, literally. it would take a lot more than a class of 10 to help them learn a rigorous curriculum when they are unable to read 10 pages of a regular book.  My kid started the year and in one of her classes, honor biology, there are 37 kids, 37!!  in math there are 24, which is a lot better than 37 but certainly a lot more than 10. [/quote]

Nice bait and switch.

Honors for all is honors for none.

Dont worry, many of those kids wont bother showing up for their "honors" class.[/quote]

No tracking but small classes so everyone can get to honor level the following year? Really???  And parents believed that BS when some of these kids are so far behind?

Oh then surprise, large classes still and now 10th is honors for all, physics is honors for all.

That’s right, it’s honors for none.  Everyone gets the same no matter where they are.  Why don’t we just call the school communism Wilson high.[/quote]

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