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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the “woke” mostly genuinely believe that kids benefit from [b]racial and socioeconomic integration and want better schools for everyone[/b].  its complex.[/quote]

Too easy.

Your articulated goals are not defined in a such a manner as to be universally understood. For instance, what does "integration" mean? Does it mean that a school accurately reflects the make-up of the IB population? In which case some schools would be virtually all white with almost no economically disadvantaged. If not, then there's a disconnect between the IB preference system and the goals you so cavalierly throw around. Which begs the question, why are you so certain those are the goals if the people who set the system up did so in a manner that doesn't result in those goals being achieved?

What are "better schools"? Does that mean the bottom is brought up? The top are advanced even more so year after year? Both? Is a one point increase for a kid 2 grade levels below more valuable than a one point test increase for the kid already two grade levels above? Half as valuable? What's the proper ratio? Do we invest in more advanced classes or more remedial Special Ed resources? That is one of the main issues facing public education. Resources are finite; how many and in what percentage should they be brought to the fore for the most at risk vs those desiring advanced classes?

A necessary first step to solving for any issues is to first (1) agree on meaning of defined terms and (2) identify what 'success' looks like. The "woke" to whom I made (admittedly derisive) reference like to throw around platitudes and bumper sticker phrases and try and intimidate anyone who doesn't agree with their (ill defined) policy goals as racist or "Karens". They seek "equity" but they don't define it, and often times their definition is horribly regressive and equates to lowering standards and/or assuming economically disadvantaged and POC can't meet a higher standard.[/quote]

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