Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The MAP student views this as purely a race problem and an inequities-in-schools problem. If she were correct, putting everyone in the same classes would solve the inequities.

But the real problem is about socioeconomics. The kids with highly-educated parents have been benefitting educationally from that since birth. You can’t solve that at the high-school level just by putting everyone in the same classes.

Are you talking about this quote?

I don’t want them to just say ‘no’ to one solution and not do anything about the problem. I want something to be done to address the actual issue: inequalities within schools and across the District.

If so, I’m not sure you’ve diagnosed her concern correctly, especially given this near the end of the article:

When conducting a survey from a large number of students, Burgoyne says that they received “overwhelming anecdotal evidence that students were not signing up for AP classes because they did not feel safe in those classes.”

Did the survey also ask students if they would feel safe if they were forced to sign up for AP classes? It’s an honest question because kids might not feel safe regardless.

what does “safe” mean in this context?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The MAP student views this as purely a race problem and an inequities-in-schools problem. If she were correct, putting everyone in the same classes would solve the inequities.

But the real problem is about socioeconomics. The kids with highly-educated parents have been benefitting educationally from that since birth. You can’t solve that at the high-school level just by putting everyone in the same classes.

Are you talking about this quote?

I don’t want them to just say ‘no’ to one solution and not do anything about the problem. I want something to be done to address the actual issue: inequalities within schools and across the District.

If so, I’m not sure you’ve diagnosed her concern correctly, especially given this near the end of the article:

When conducting a survey from a large number of students, Burgoyne says that they received “overwhelming anecdotal evidence that students were not signing up for AP classes because they did not feel safe in those classes.”

Did the survey also ask students if they would feel safe if they were forced to sign up for AP classes? It’s an honest question because kids might not feel safe regardless.