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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh come on, a lot of people hated G&T before they hated AAP, back when "politically correct" was the old "woke."

These ideas have all been recycled for decades. Why did Jay Matthews used to write anti-TJ articles in the Post in the '90s, after all, except that gifted programs are a lightening rod for controversy and have been for a long time.

Pretending all this is new is silly. It's merely a new front in a decades old war.[/quote]

True.

Originally it was merely democrats who launched the “culture war.”

They saw benefits to their party by emphasizing “identity politics,” based on race and SES.

Later, identity politics became the obsession for first “liberals” then, “progressives.”

Currently, progressives have turned much harder to the left with “woke” politics, and they have been fairly successful with pushing DEI into mainstream society.

G&T, GATE, AAP and other merit-based programs have become targets for progressives.

NYC eliminated their G&T program, as did Seattle.

California banned the teaching of Algebra prior to 9th grade.[/quote]

The racial disparity at the top schools in NYC was aggravated by the elimination of GT programs.  The GT pipeline was the primary conduit for students at those top schools.[/quote]

OK PPs. Turns out not everything is about politics. Really. Take it to the Politics forum if that's all you have to talk about.[/quote]

Wait - the culture war based on race and SES is not political?

Seriously??  Identity politics are not real?? OMG.[/quote]

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