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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anyone is willing to understand why it's important to close the achievement gap between Hispanics/African Americans, they should read this first:  https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Public%20Sector/Our%20Insights/The%20economic%20impact%20of%20closing%20the%20racial%20wealth%20gap/The-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap-final.pdf

It's easy to say "not our problem," but what FCPS is trying to do has some merit.  It starts with closing the gap in the years that make a difference to the trajectory of the child's life.   [/quote]

I don't think anyone disagrees about the importance of closing the achievement gap.  The problem is that you can close the gap two ways: you can lift AAs and Hispanics up, or you can pull Asians and whites down.  FCPS seems to be choosing the latter path and not the former.  Enrolling more AAs and Hispanics in AAP or TJ could have merit.  Enrolling fewer Asians and whites, even if they show all signs that they would be successful in the program is just dragging them down.

I fully support expanding FCPS pre-K, providing free before and after school care/tutoring for elementary, strengthening Young Scholars programs, providing free enrichment camps, and providing more math and reading resource teachers.  Ideally, a lot of early interventions and early programming would lead to more URMs having the credentials to be successful in AAP or TJ.  Cramming URMs into a program for which they have not been prepared and don't show the signs that they would be successful, or arbitrarily rejecting Asian or white kids in the name of racial balance is not the way to go.  [/quote]

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