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A case study in DC is Wilson, one third of students have a GPA of 2.0 or lower, the top third go to great colleges. The politics at Wilson are nuts. Anyone can take AP History or English. What's the point of that? To placate folks who cry elitism. This is entrenched DC politics. I'm PP 9:33. I think someone should start a non-profit that creates programs for both groups. Why not? Years ago my mother worked at such a beast in Connecticut. [/quote]

new poster here.  i don't follow the reasoning above-- if 1/3 of wilson kids are going to great colleges, what is the problem?  That's far better than most high schools in America.  and why not let anyone that is interested take AP classes?  I took AP English and had to test into it, but I imagine folks that didn't test in could have still taken the class and learned a lot from it.  I don't see that keeping kids separated by ability is helpful.  Separate out the kids that are disruptive, but let kids follow their interests.  They are just kids!

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A Happy Brent Mom[/quote]

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