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[quote=Anonymous]    "The problem is not about HOW they want to close the achievement gap. The problem is that closing the achievement gap is not an appropriate goal.

I will gladly pay twice what I now pay in MC taxes to IMPROVE THE EDUCATION of kids on the lower side of the achievement gap. However, I would then be forced (also gladly) to pay 4X more than the new figure (my back of the envelop calculations suggest that is the rest of what I earn) to private schools/tutors or to where ever I have to to make sure that my children get a top 10% education and therefore that the achievement gap NEVER closes."

[b]"Well, yes, that's how percentiles work. If you insist that your children be in the top 10%, regardless of what the top 10% is, then it's in your best interest to make sure that the lower 90% is as low as possible. "

It is not in my best interest to make sure that the lower 90% is AS LOW AS POSSIBLE that would mean my top 10% kids would BARELY LEARN ANYTHING because there is not huge jump between the 89th and 91st percentiles.  The inverse position is that closing the gap NO MATTER WHAT suggests that it doesn't matter how much the top 10% learns as long as the bottom 90% learns as much.  Both of those positions are NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I want everyone to learn AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  I am just warning everyone that I view education as VERY IMPORTANT and that means I will do whatever I can to make sure my kids get the best of what is out there.

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