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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is the solution alllllllllways to kowtow to the lowest common denominator.

This should be great for America's progress and innovation - knee cap the brightest because half the class are children of illegal migrants who need all sorts of remedial work since they can't even speak English.

People just cannot handle the fact there is also a natural bell curve of intelligence. Stop holding back our best.[/quote]

Well, then you'll be pleased to know this is not what they're doing. Instead, they're raising up lower-performing students by requiring all students to perform at a high level.[/quote]

No they are not. It is impossible to teach a higher level class if 50% of the class cannot even get close to meeting state math/ELA standards. Ridiculous assertion. I am all for high expectations for everyone, but tracking is necessary to accomplish it. [/quote]

+ a million, and every teacher knows it.

The new policy is just another example of harmful virtue signaling.[/quote]

That's not true. [b]They're raising the standards and expecting more of everyone.[/b][/quote]

You must be a teen.

Everyone knows that the bolded is what No Child Left Behind tried to do...and it largely failed.

You can't just *expect* more and, voila, it happens.

Plus, in practice this will translate into lower expectations for the best and most motivated students.

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You are responding to a troll. Stop feeding her.[/quote]

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