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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like an excellent model and a common sense, simple and effective approach to the a racial inequity that should not exist in the first place. I hope they continue it.[/quote]

So all common sense about creating tiered classes and really pushing the highest achievers doesn’t matter as long as each class is diverse.  I’m genuinely curious about parents who putt diversity over all other academic pursuits for their kids.[/quote]

The idea from my point of view is that intelligent children can be born into any circumstance (any SES, any race, etc.). If, by the time kids reach high school, the vast majority of advanced courses are populated by white children, something has gone wrong. There’s no other explanation for it. Remedy that by giving all the kids a challenging curriculum. As I understand it, the kids who then do well continue in AP. If it’s executed badly and instruction is only given at the level of the lowest-performing kids, no, it won’t work. But if all of them are challenged, just the presence of children who need to catch up is not going to affect how well the high-achievers do.[/quote]

But that’s the problem. The assumption is always high SES will “do well” or “be fine” anywhere. Coasting to an A in a dumbed down class is not good enough for me as parent. Who cares about an A is the kid did t have to actually be challenged to earn it?  [/quote]

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