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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No brainer to send your kids to private schools even if you make less than 1m.  I live in a wealthy neighborhood, most of the neighbors send their kids to public, that is idiotic.  They think the public is "good", but truth is, there is no more "good" public schools in this area (DC metro, Arlington, McLean, Fairfax).  Sure, there are products of public schools who end up successful, but the percentage of those successful students will be less and less in the years to come.  With schools and curriculum being politicized (search "grading for equity", which BTW is already being implemented in Arlington and Fairfax!), public schools in 5-10 years will be unimaginably bad.  Bottom line is, by the next generation, all public schools will be like Baltimore schools.  Maybe you get away with sending your kids to public schools, but you will not be able to send your grandchildren to public schools.  Although by them, standardized testing probably is eliminated so you won't know if your neighborhood public school is bad or not, because there will be no data showing only 10% of kids are reading at grade level.  All you'll see is "wow, kids at our local public schools are doing project based learning, or AI research, or quantum physics...LOL, never mind that those kids can't even read or do basic math.  [/quote]

+1. Oh yeah, don’t forget the retakes, getting to makeup and redo assignments, homework and attendance not counting toward the final grade since that’s inequitable. The intention to reduce stress and increase equity is noble, but I don’t know if it’s actually achievable (is it achievable in any part of our capitalist society?) and I worry about what we are teaching our children. It’s actually not ok not to show up to class, it’s actually not ok to not do a bunch of assignments that are designed to help you prepare and prioritize and learn information, and it’s not realistic to expect that you’ll be able to have a bunch of retakes in college or at you job. Your first effort should be your best effort. [/quote]

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