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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see how having a bunch of 16 year olds in 7th grade helps anyone, anywhere. That’s what “end social promotion” means, in practical terms. It’s a terrible, terrible, terrible idea.[/quote]

Some of the other rich countries have much better ways of dealing with academic stragglers than the equity obsessed US.

I recently visited a highly diverse government primary school in London England where upper grades students who tested a year+ behind grade level were pulled out of mainstream classrooms for intensive instruction in core subjects.  The kids who were behind were taught [b]separately in small group settings [/b]for half the school day.  These kids were [b]required to attend after school and Sat morning [/b]tutoring and were only permitted to [b]return to mainstream classes once they could test at grade level[/b].  Was that such a horrible arrangement?  Such a thoughtful system to support academic stragglers would obviously take money, organization, political will to implement, but why not do it here in DC?  The arrangement seemed to be working very well for all concerned in the UK.[/quote]

Everything you describe would be descried as "racist" and against "equity". The loop in DC is: minority kids don't have a fair shake because of systemic racism (which I happen to thin k is true) >> we cannot make them feel different or separate them >> the only possible solution is to bring everyone else down to their level. [/quote]

In NYC and the UK, ed leaders want to level the playing field by ensuring that kids are given the support they need to perform at grade level in racially and socioeconomically diverse schools, however that works.

In the District, ed leaders are happy to settle for the optics/pretense that needy kids are getting the support they need to work at grade level, without those who work at or above grade level being harmed in the process.  This blatant falsehood can be perpetuated election cycle after election cycle because most DC voters are either willing to settle for it for it or aren't interested in the state of DC public schools.

Are things getting better?  Ask yourself why honors English has been axed at Stuart Hobson, after more than a decade of the school offering it from 6th-8th grade.[/quote]

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