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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]b/c everyone is given the exact same chance in society. This is America. Everyone starts at the same starting line. So these standards valid b/c we are measuring everyone apples to apples essentially.[/quote]

Everyone in America most certainly does not start at the same starting line. Babies are born to families with all sorts of advantages and disadvantages. A child born to parents that are educated and emphasize education to their children is standing at a starting line that is miles ahead of the child born to parents without a college education and that child is miles ahead of the child born to parents in deep poverty or with mental health issues. Is the child born to educated parents somehow more valuable and more worthy of a challenging education because of an accident of birth?

Public education can never totally compensate for deficits in every child's family situation, but I believe it should provide opportunities and do its best to enable all kids to reach their potential. [/quote]

Right. So we should lower standards so that kids from "disadvantaged" backgrounds could compete? Wouldn't this approach be a disservice to these kids? [/quote]

Not the PP, but we're talking about an advanced academic program - that's it.  Why should kids be competing at all, simply to take advanced course work?  They don't have to jump through these hoops at the high school level.  Students simply choose whichever level best suits their abilities and/or their work ethic.  No one has to test into AP or IB classes.  Why should elementary aged kids have to test into an advanced curriculum?  Why not simply make it available to all, along with the regular curriculum?  I'm not seeing the problem here.  It's not an issue at the high school level, and should not be an issue in elementary and middle school. [/quote]

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