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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Justice centered aproach?[/quote]

Yes, dyslexic students like mine need more support. That’s what equity is.[/quote]

[b]I have a dyslexic kid and I would never classify dyslexia services as "equity" 
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They are two very different things.

My dyslexic kid will never have the same outcomes as her sibling without dyslexia when it comes to written langiage and reading ability.  But special ed services and accomodation help her to reach her potential, even if that potential is very different from her best friend without dyslexia.

Special ed services provide equality of opportunity.  Equity is about attempting to manufacture the same outcomes.[/quote]

Cool. But it is. Equity means giving extra support to those students who may need it. [/quote]

Shocker. The people who are so against "equity" don't even know what it means. Big on outrage, low on facts. 
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[b]The picture shows equal outcomes. The boxes being bigger underneath each person of different sizes. What the person above is saying is that this is not possible. A good education is more about providing the right supports for each person to achieve their potential[/b] which is not expected to be equal in the end. Justice is relating to the law. That is important to fulfill but in the context written it seems to imply that the law is unfair.[/quote]

That is far, far more "equitable" than what we have today. I'll take it. 
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FCPS spends far more per student on ESOL, FARMS, and Special Education students than on other students not in those categories. It’s fair to ask whether the “right supports” for those kids - if significantly greater than what they are currently getting from FCPS - translates into “no support” for other kids. But the kids who aren’t ESOL, FARMS, or Special Education don’t have special groups lobbying for them or School Board members like Sizemore Heizer prioritizing their needs.  It’s just assumed they’ll make do and, if they fall through the cracks, we can always just blame their parents. [/quote]

This is a ridiculous statement. Giving extra support to SPED students doesn't hurt gen ed students. It means sped students can get the same kind of access to education as everyone else.[/quote]

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