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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, in your experience what do you think is the solution for the first problem? Sounds like it helps to let students choose whether they want to join advanced classes? [/quote]

DP, but what I'd like to see is: Open enrollment for all AP courses.  There should be a program like AVID to provide support for underrepresented students in AP courses.  Any teacher who has too many URM students drop out of AP classes should be removed from teaching AP.  If there are enough teachers who are themselves AA or some other underrepresented group, it would be great to have more of those teachers handling the AP courses.

Eliminating AP classes is a terrible idea.  You'd be taking something away from talented URMs who can handle the advanced coursework, but not really taking something away from wealthier white and Asian kids, who would leave for private school.  [/quote]

Agree with all of this. When I was in HS, kids chose APs because they were interested in the subject. There weren't bonus grade points and it was harder to get an A. People who weren't interested in doing the work didn't sign up or dropped it. There were plenty of kids with B's and C's.[/quote]

It's ridiculous to remove a teacher because "too many" URM drop out of AP.

Who establishes what is "too many"?

You need to prove that they are dropping out because the teacher is hostile or refuses to render the same assistance (after/before school hours for review, extra help, making up tests, answering questions in class etc).

[b]There could be higher drop out rates due to the poor preparation/instruction received in earlier grades and it would be counterproductive to blame the wrong teacher(s) for it[/b].[/quote]

Yet this is unfortunately what our society is now doing. Everything is blamed on teachers. They can only do so much if a student is unprepared for the class or unable to do the work.[/quote]

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