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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody is canceling AP classes in DC.  Wilson is requiring all kids in 11th grade take AP English and AP US History and people are freaking out about it because they assume (without evidence) that this means it won't be a "real" AP class.  Of course, it will, because the College Board has to approve the curriculum/syllabus in order for it to be an AP class.

It's an effort to deal with a substantial segregation issue at Wilson with regard to which kids take AP classes and which don't.  [b]If it is to be successful, Wilson will have to devote a lot of resources to supporting some of these kids [/b]and it's not clear that they have a plan for doing so but time will tell.  But MANY people are assuming it will be a disaster without giving it a chance.[/quote]

If anything at all, not matter what, Wilson will have to devote a lot of resources to support the kids who are several grades behind. That has absolutely nothing to do with the whiteness of a certain classroom and whether advanced classes are racist. 
Wilson should be held accountable for catching up its weakest students. 
"AP for all" after what this forum has reported on "Honors for all" is just an enormous cruel trick on everyone. It sidesteps entirely the system's primary responsibility. You want more disadvantaged youth in AP? Tutor hothouse them until they can figuratively beat the shit out of that AP class. Come on, you can do it! [/quote]

At the very least, if you're gonna have "varsity basketball for all," there should be a mini-trampoline next to the basket to accommodate the short, fat kids.  You know, some kind of supports for them so they are able to keep up with the rest of the team.  If you don't have that, then the team...kind of sucks.
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Ugh, why do you have to destroy my images?? Tutor hothousing, 80ies movie style, is not like a mini-trampoline for fat kids. It's like the sensei in karate kids. We need a bunch of karate kids senseis aka awesome interventionists to make AP less white. Unless you just don't want AP in your school, then cancel it. [/quote]

I agree that cancelling AP would make better sense than requiring AP for all.  Because requiring AP for all will not be AP.  Alternatively, making AP an opt-in class without any supports would at least allow for it to remain an accelerated, college level-class:  because the students who are feeling too much pressure could just drop out and go to the mainstream class.  But Principal Martin has no fall-back.  I suspect this is at least partially because she simply does not have enough square footage in an already over-crowded building to roll out a new idea the right way.[/quote]

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