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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I previously posted how Algebra was being removed as an option for 6th graders in LCPS.

Looking at the state website explaining curriculum changes, there is a mention of detracking.
The idea is to not separate kids too much and saying that having kids of different ability level in the same class is beneficial to all.
There is also mention of equity in the curriculum.

It appears there is a push in Virginia DOE to remove higher level classes to reduce the achievement gap, particularly if there is a 
racial disparity between who is taking the classes.

Fairfax has also adopted critical race theory and a push for equity, so AAP there is likely going to be reduced.

Has anyone seen detracking mentioned at meetings of a school board or other committees?

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What is critical race theory?[/quote]

When applied to education, it presumes that teachers are racist and schools are racist institutions, yet paradoxically, teachers and schools systems state that they anti-racist, and equity is stressed in ed schools.

Somebody is lying.[/quote]

Not exactly. Critical Race Theory is a framework that presumes (our) society is built upon white supremacy, and as a result, institutions and systems benefit those who are white and (usually unintentionally) put racial minorities at a disadvantage, due to systemic inequities and structures that support the privileged and continue to perpetually disadvantage those who are not. Like...a self-powered perpetual motion machine that increasingly makes things better for rich white people and worse for poor black and brown people, and it won't stop unless people consciously work to change it.

If you don't understand that, ok. Hopefully you do now. 
But if you have a problem with that....I'd say you are the problem.

We can work to fix these issues and still provide for different needs (enrich, supplement, enhance, modify, etc...). We just can't keep doing it the same way if we care about equity. But not everyone actually cares about equity I realize, so of course we'll see people complaining. [/quote]

This was a good explanation.
But one thing it fails to spell out is that equity, in this instance, means equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity. And CRT measures equity primarily by who is at the finish line at the end of the race. Who is sitting at the board room table? Who is in the top 10% of that class.
And if the answer is not an equal distribution of winners, board members, scholars across race, then the *obvious* answer is that you must correct for that outcome. CRT does not allow for you to study the habits or behaviors or access to preparation/opportunities of those who were was winning the race, occupying board seats, or achieving and then figuring out how to replicate  and promote those behaviors, practices, access among underespresented populations in order to achieve high results. To suggest that individuals can adjust these things to "even the playing field" to allow equality of OPPORTUNITY for individuals to achieve their desired result seems to be too much work. Instead, CRT suggests that you just fix the *obviously racist* glitch and award the medal, board position, scholarship to all races equally and this will fix everything.

I think a lot of people care about equity when it means fixing the system to give everyone a fair shot at achievement--which is something our system has clearly failed to do on many levels. But if equity means fixing the system by just rigging the results with no regard for addressing how we got to the disparity to begin with, then PP is right that I am not on board with that.[/quote]

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