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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the advanced diploma is so meaningless compared to the standard diploma, why is Virginia getting rid of it?

Why do they consider it a problem that not enough non Asian minorities are getting the advanced diploma.

The DCUM consensus is that the advanced diploma doesn’t matter. [/quote]

It's a problem that so many Black and Hispanic students seem to be[b] getting directed into a weak course selection[/b]. So now they will be required to stick with core classes for all four years.  It doesn't take anything away from the kids currently pursuing the advanced diploma.  This is what *actually* raising the bar looks like.[/quote]

Some people prioritize education and others simply don't. There is only so much a school system can and should do.[/quote]

The idea as I see it, from a social justice perspective, goes like this:
-Racial minorities (Black, Latino) are more likely to be lower SES, more likely to have parents who didn't go to college, less likely to have generational wealth. They're missing out on advantages their peers have.
-Right now, we have a standard diploma, which, if you get it, doesn't position you to be ready for college. Those kids whose parents went to college, and expect their kids to go to college, will push them to get the advanced diploma, knowing they need this for college. But our lower SES students may not have a knowledgeable parent to tell them that's what they should be doing, and HS counselors may, due to unconscious bias, expect less from these students (therefore not highly stress to these students they need to be making choices to set themselves up for college.)
-We can raise the requirements for the diploma to a point where students will all be better positioned for college; that way there isn't as much of disadvantage for kids whose parents don't know that the kids really should be doing extra. And it doesn't hurt the higher SES or higher achieving students to raise the floor on the requirements.
-Hopefully, more racial minority kids will be prepared to go to college, which we hope results in more of them going, which we hope results in better jobs for those kids, and the ability to start building generational wealth for them and their children.[/quote]

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