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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Genuine question- what is the number of kids that justifies offering an AP class? Why can't Lewis offer whatever AP class as long as they have any number of kids who want to take it? Or is teaching AP so specialized that a teacher would teach AP all day long?[/quote]

That’s my question too.  If equity is about giving people what they need to succeed, even if it is different from their neighbor, why can’t AP classes at Lewis have a lower floor for enrolment in order to increase opportunity and stem the flow of pupil placements?  If we can change boundary policies, why can’t we change this policy in the name of equity?

And no, teachers would not have to teach AP classes all day. They do need to be AP certified for a specific AP course, but that is on top of their subject area certification. [/quote]
The trick to equity is to understand that no amount of courses, money, teachers, or facilities that can close gaps. Only parents can close gaps.

So the new equity resources are other families and kids. There are studies on this. [/quote]

I'd be interested in reading those studies.  I have looked but have not found anything on the outcomes of individual students being improved by moving higher SES students into a school.  Also, what is the impact on the kids being moved?  They matter in this as well.

Again, I'm not looking at average test scores for a school, which will obviously be brought up by moving in higher performing kids, but what about the impact on kids on an individual level?  Both the existing lowers SES students and the higher SES students being moved.  If this is supposed to be a data driven process, the school board needs to provide the data.  Right now this seems like a big experiment that would never pass an IRB. [/quote]

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