Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Please see the article in the Fairfax Times. This is happening at other schools. In addition, the article discusses the equity consultant FCPS hired for half a million who says,

"The goal is equal outcomes,” Fagbayi explained. “And what we need to be equitable about is the access. In a very real sense, many districts struggle with this. To have true equity, you have to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access,”

Do you think this is fake news?

Not PP. This isn’t fake news, and this kind of equity engineering is total crap. That said, the commended controversy is the wrong way to fight this, because the commended designation is so totally inconsequential, particularly for the TJ folks and their peers.

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Please see the article in the Fairfax Times. This is happening at other schools. In addition, the article discusses the equity consultant FCPS hired for half a million who says,

"The goal is equal outcomes,” Fagbayi explained. “And what we need to be equitable about is the access. In a very real sense, many districts struggle with this. To have true equity, you have to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access,”

Do you think this is fake news?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Please see the article in the Fairfax Times. This is happening at other schools. In addition, the article discusses the equity consultant FCPS hired for half a million who says,

"The goal is equal outcomes,” Fagbayi explained. “And what we need to be equitable about is the access. In a very real sense, many districts struggle with this. To have true equity, you have to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access,”

Do you think this is fake news?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Please see the article in the Fairfax Times. This is happening at other schools. In addition, the article discusses the equity consultant FCPS hired for half a million who says,

"The goal is equal outcomes,” Fagbayi explained. “And what we need to be equitable about is the access. In a very real sense, many districts struggle with this. To have true equity, you have to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access,”

Do you think this is fake news?

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was commended, got a 35 ACT, and got in ED to a top 10. Didn’t list commended…would be like saying they graduated middle school.

Obviously your child did not inherit their intelligence from you.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was commended, got a 35 ACT, and got in ED to a top 10. Didn’t list commended…would be like saying they graduated middle school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ My kid put it down for an HYPSM. Why not? He took ACT so it did show something a little different.

What if they had a 35/36 on the Act? Wouldn’t commended look worse in comparison?

Do you realize that in DC for the class of 2024, a student could have a 222 and still only be "commended?" The criteria for NMSF is very high in many states/DC. I bet there are many students in these high qualifying cutoff states that got 35/36 on the ACT but were below the cutoff for NMSF.

Compare that with North Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia, where the student only had to get 207 to be a NMSF.

I had a 206 and was a semifinalist. No idea at the time that it was based on which state I was in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Your post is almost political. Personally I’d prefer anything over “equity over merit” crazy approach which has take over.

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.

Anonymous wrote:The only reason this thread was started was so that some right winger could see if they could get more votes if they continue to overblown a “controversy”. about TJ.
When I grew up, the vast majority of kids that went to top universities went to private high schools. States starting places like TJ over the last thirty years gave non-rich kids a chance. Republicans would love to shut down TJ and go back to private schools having the educational advantage. Republicans will try to justify it saying “vouchers!” which is little more than the rich getting free money and keeping the “poores” away as no one else can afford a 60K/year school, even with a $10K voucher.

Please don’t fall for this.