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I think it is related.  The discourse on BLM may have originated with police brutality but the larger context of what is being debated is the systemic nature of racism that has caused massive inequity in American life.  It applies to education moreso than anything else because that is the trajectory you draw for the men and women of Hispanic/AA origin.  It starts at a very young age and by giving these individuals a healthy "equity" boost throughout their education life to retain for the future trajectory in closing the achievement (and income) gap.  For the posters who question what happens when the H/AA kid start flailing in AAP, the appropriate response would be to provide MORE support to those kids to get through the course content.  That is what closing the achievement gap is all about.  I'm sure we have all seen the graphic for the difference between equality and equity.  (You can Google it if you haven't.)  But what is being discussed here broadly especially by parents whose kids didn't make it to the AAP program is the notion of equality.  What FCPS is trying to attain is equity.  In an admissions scenario (where space is limited), the two are mutually exclusive.  Equity means you're giving the underdog a leg up.  Equality means the underdog will always be an underdog because you're going to hold that individual to the same standard as everyone else.  You'll never be able to close the achievement gap if you employ a strategy of "equality for all."  [/quote]

so you promote kids above their heads and then give them extra resources (which other kids will notice) and then that somehow closes the achievement gap? That seems like a great way to engender resentment and ultimately litigation [/quote]

Yes in practice giving the underdog kid extra help throughout their education life will yield a measure of success in closing the achievement gap.  I think what people are really having trouble with here is the concept of what "closing the achievement gap" means and how "equity" is used to do that.  Unfortunately, what you should be lobbying for as a parent of White/Asian origin whose kids are being left out is what a previous poster noted--incorporate a robust GenEd program so that you don't feel like your kids are "losing out" on an education.  Whether you just arrived to this country from S. Korea or India isn't the issue.  Chances are, your smart kid will get into a good college and earn a rewarding degree to become successful irrespective of AAP placement in elementary school.  However, there's less empirical data that the same occurs for the H/AA kid that shows potential.  Chances are, without giving them a leg up in the process, that kid's trajectory is not the same.  It's not great to hear, I get that, but it is what is being discussed in all circles dealing with this issue.[/quote]

Give him extra help in Gen Ed, then he can earn his way into AAP like everyone else.  You have it backwards.[/quote]

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