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[quote=Anonymous]Increasing rigor, test prep and APs does not work well for students without the balance of sports, extracurricular and social activities, and support that top schools are able to provide their students. With just academics, you end up with mostly Asian kids, which is fine, but they will want good grades too. The students crack the code on how hard they need to work to get the grades. Parents complain if they don’t get good grades, so teachers reduce rigor. It becomes less interesting for top students so they leave,  and then you’re left with students who cannot keep up with rigor. Standards for students and teachers are lowered and they try to build community and start over with less focus on academics, destined to be a lower tier school. A school that cannot be selective because they need butts in seats will not be able to add rigor to move into the desirable list of schools. It will be a revolving door of teachers and students, willing to try it but quickly figuring out its flaws. [/quote]

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