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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It should continue to improve by leaps and bounds if they continue her pro-equity legacy.[/quote]

Many innovative techniques McKnight pioneered to help close the achievement gap from the top down will live on.  For example, [b]turning all the programs for advanced learners into lotteries[/b], honors for all in HS, and eliminating reading groups for students at grade level or higher in ES have gone a long way to close that gap.[/quote]

But that didn't happen....[/quote]

You're saying all these programs like CES or MS magnets aren't lotteries?
That most HS honors classes aren't basically grade level classes with an honors label?
Or that they still offer reading groups to average students in ES?

These are all practices that started within the last 2-4 years and are now commonplace.
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[b]CES and MS Magnets are lotteries of all the qualified students.  Not sure why this is a problem[/b].  Its competition.

Most Honors classes are not basically grade level classes.  There are specific English classes for which this is true, but there are other Honors classes

Yes, ES still offer reading groups for average and even above average students. They may not be as frequent per week as for below average students, but they do still occur.  And no this is not a practice that started in the last two years.[/quote]

It’s a problem because this is an incorrect statement that is false[/quote]

CES and MS magnets are lotteirs of the top X% which can be as high as 40% at many schools. What this means is kids that actually need enrichment more often than not aren't selected and kids who aren't able are. The later drop out so the program doesn't accomplish what it was intended to do.

Most HS now have honors for all. There is no grade-level English at our high school. It's just honors with one or two AP courses thrown in the mix over four years. Kids who read at the ES level are also in honors.

The ES my youngest is at only has groups for students who are below grade level. Other students are given worksheets and independent study.

Every one of the PPs statements is accurate and aligns with my experience. Attempting to conceal these facts is trollish.[/quote]

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