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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  It would probably skew asian here in DC too.  But, the important thing to note is that the fact that IQ tests skew to favor asians (and often kids of asian immigrants) - which actually shoots holes in the notion that it's all rigged to favor whites or rigged to favor high-SES, establishment insiders or white culture - rendering the political arguments about IQ tests being a function of "white privilege" rather unsound and irrelevant.

So, throwing that political argument out the door, we are back at the point of there not really being any legitimate argument why DCPS can't support better options for G&T students.[/quote]

I generally agree with your argument against those who argue that there is a bias in IQ tests (if you'll excuse the double negative).

But perhaps you are using the phrase "political argument" differently?

A political argument is as follows: "I support policy X because it benefits 'my people' and I don't care about 'your people'".

'my people' could be democrats, republicans, blacks, whites.

The reason DC doesn't have G&T programs is because those programs are not anticipated to benefit the constituencies of those currently in power.

If the mayor thinks his political base is Ward 7 and 8, and he believes that students in those wards likely won't gain acceptance to a magnet program, then he won't support one unless he thinks he needs to take a more moderate stance to attract voters outside of his core wards.

This has everything to do with votes. The best we can do is advocate for this, and make it into a vocal issue, and then we might see politicians come out in favor.

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It's one thing to support and help a group of constituents, but it's entirely a different thing to willfully neglect and underserve another group of constituents...  Particularly so in this case, as these G&T kids are far more likely to grow up to be the influencers and game changers of the future.[/quote]

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