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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why aren’t there pre reqs for higher level classes? That only makes sense. If you have a C or below in a previous math, English, history class, why are those students allowed to move up a level? [/quote]

Because teachers were accused of being racist/sexist/whatever when we didn’t recommend kids move up to honors/AP/IB.  It wasn’t “equitable” to track a kid. I sat in sooooo many meetings having to bring dozens of data points about why I didn’t think a child who got a D in algebra belonged in honors geometry, or a child who failed the math 7 SOL should be discouraged from skipping math 8/taking algebra.  The county moved to open enrollment so every child could be “encouraged to reach their full potential.”

So now I have kids in my honors algebra with Ds, and sit in meetings trying to figure out “what I’m doing wrong” because it’s unfathomable that 6 kids in one honors class have a D.[/quote]

That’s insane. In my kid’s private school, you can’t move up a level unless you have an A in the previous level. It encourages students to work hard if they want to move up. My son is just now getting to his first AP courses as a senior. I can’t imagine having students in that class who had low grades in previous levels. I’d be pissed as a teacher that they were allowed in. It changes the entire class when the teacher has to bend over backwards to help kids who don’t belong there. [/quote]

Do private schools have to report demographic data to the state? Indicating how many SPED, ELL, and minorities are in AP classes? Probably not.[/quote]

If the kids cannot do the work, they should be placed in whatever level that is appropriate for them until they demonstrate they are reading for the next level. Who cares what color they are? Maybe their parents should care more about their actual abilities rather than what looks good.[/quote]

The state and other organizations care what color they are, especially when 90% of the students are black and brown. Then they ask questions about why only white students are progressing in education when others aren’t. Same with AAP, graduation, honors, etc. even FCPS has a boss - and it’s not the parents.[/quote]

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