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Nope you are arguing for arguments sake.

When you buy "whole milk" for your toddler and the grocer actually sells you 2% milk, can you really prove your kids brain development was hindered by years of drinking 2% milk instead of whole milk that you believed to have been buying. A systemic downgrade is not discernible from year to year. It is only perceived over many years. It is hard to prove - unless all parties are game for the experiment. In this case, school and RM will not be willing to test the theory. In any case, students should not be put into any experiment. They should be provided authentic magnet education and currently they are not. This is bad faith practice by the county and school. Dishonesty in any form is still dishonesty.[/quote]

Evidence of harm, please.

There's no need for a randomized controlled trial. Even just "My kid says that the x number of regular RM kids in my kid's Y IB class didn't get z, and we had to keep explaining it." Or "Only [small percentage] of the regular RM kids got their IB diploma."[/quote]

Oh, you are asking for anecdotal stories. That is not called evidence though.

Anecdotal information is that there are several of my kids' friends have expressed concern that their new classmates are not staying at the pace of the class. One instance this year is the #of commentaries in IB English class has decreased from 10 to 4. You already saw someone else posted about SAT average decrease. Disruptions in the classes have increased. IB Diploma rate has decreased in the recent years.[/quote]

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