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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do non magnet HS admin steer students away from the highest academic options *that are available at the school* that would give them an opportunity to excel at a level comparable to magnet school?

Why do they routee everyone through the same [b]0-knowledge prereqs[/b] instead of offering placement evaluations so kids have time for more electives or advanced classes?

I'm sure that the county admin do this because they want to solve equity by cutting off the high achievemers of the wrong colors.
But what about school admin?

Don't they have any pride in seeing their students succeed?
 
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What are 0-knowledge prereqs?[/quote]

Honors Science.
Programming 1 / "AP" CS Principles.

It's interesting that schools offer 4 years of AP Social Studies, and 2 years of AP English, but require a prereq for each of the 3 main sciences and CS. [/quote]

Honors Sciences, AP CS Principles have their role, I wouldn’t call them 0-knowledge. If you’re bothered by AP CS Principles as a prerequisite you can always self study and take the exam.

You’re misinformed about how easy it is though, only 10% get a 5 and a third of the student fail the exam.

Some honors science classes are prerequisites for APs, e.g. Honors Chemistry for AP Chemistry and AP Biology. That’s not 0-knowledge either, it’s actually a good preparation for the more advanced classes.

A small number of students, 10-15%, may be fine without them as prerequisites, but the vast majority would not.[/quote]

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