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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Is that the same “ bell curve of intelligence “ that was used as  an excuse to admit mediocre white boys to Harvard purely because their parents where rich ? If so that’s total bull and admitting poor Black and Hispanic kids of equal drive and intelligence in their place to so called elite programme won’t do zip to the overall rigor.[/quote]

DP. I totally agree with you. The destruction of honors/gifted harms poor kids the most. In DC, even the highest needs elementary schools have 5-10 kids who score high on the PARCC despite all their challenges. It is honestly criminal not to scoop up those kids and put them in a gifted program. [/quote]

Agreed. But Those slots frequently go to kids who are already in good schools. They just get to go to better schools.[/quote]
For CES and MS, they  now use "peer cohort", so those few kids in not high achieving schools would actually get those spots.

By HS, there are various magnet programs, and most are in the eastern side of the county. I'm fairly certain that MCPS would scoop up such kids there for a spot at a magnet.[/quote]

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