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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of postings over the last few weeks on the 2nd grade AAP pool made me realize that many on this board don't actually know what "equity" means.  It is NOT equal treatment for all.  It is "right sizing" the treatment based on the needs of the population.  [img]https://interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IISC_EqualityEquity.png[/img] (alt+p)

Equity means providing the Title I kids more benefits than the kids from the higher SES schools because the Title I kids theoretically need greater support to have an equal footing as the kids from the SES schools.  [/quote]

Totally irrelevant. The adult in the picture is NOT taller because they work harder. They were BORN earlier. Similarly, 3 same-age teenagers with different heights won't be relevant, either. They were BORN with the genes.

By FCPS "equity", they blatantly talk about penalizing hard work.[/quote]

Weird I thought the changes were to eliminate the rampant cheating like test buying. Don't think hard work was effected.[/quote]

Take it to a TJ thread, where you can exaggerate all you want.

A PP claimed equity was "right sizing" based on the needs of the population.  That has already been happening in FCPS for many years - the per student expenditures at Title I schools and the MS/HS into which the Title I ES feed are far higher than the expenditures at "higher SES schools."

Those pushing for equity never seem to acknowledge that this has been the case for many years.  They act as if somehow FCPS is spending more on the "higher SES schools" when that's simply not the case, which makes clear that their agenda is to push for widening the differences in student spending.  It's hard to know if that's a pedagogical agenda, or merely a political one, but in any case there is a tipping point where people just leave schools that are deemed too wealthy to deserve attention or resources.  And then you do end up with something closer to equal outcomes, but it's primarily because it's easier to bring down the top than to raise the bottom.

And, of course, it doesn't change the disparities in society - it just degrades the public school system while more shift to privates. [/quote]

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