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[quote=Anonymous]I suspect the reason why Martin selected AP History and AP SS "for all" is because DCPS (and perhaps many in public school teaching) have a history of discriminating against the "soft sciences." For example, at a gathering featuring Hardy MS staff, they informed a group of parents that there is no "honors" social studies at Hardy because that's a course that every student ought to be able to participate in; in other words, those courses do not deserve a heightened level of rigor even if the students wish for one. Of course, anyone who majored in a "soft science" at University knows that this is rank discrimination from professionals who should know better. There's a big difference between history as a required course and history as a rigorous course. This perception is not racism, imo, but is discrimination all the same...against scholarship.[/quote]
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