Students Left Behind by Remote Learning

Re:Students Left Behind by Remote Learning by nineplay on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:26PM (#24646235)

I strongly believe that a lot of our brightest kids are languishing in bad schools due to poor family circumstances and I think it should be a source of national shame.

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Re:Students Left Behind by Remote Learning by AlexTWithBeard on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:57PM (#24646439)

I vote both hands for AP programs in poor schools.

I'm just saying that if we can only retain one of "special needs" and "advanced", I'd pick advanced in a blink of an eye due to the reason explained above.

Disclaimer: my kids don't qualify for either.

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Re:Students Left Behind by Remote Learning by war1025 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:36PM (#24646699)

> I vote both hands for AP programs in poor schools.

Everyone I have ever met who took AP classes in high school treated them as "get college credit without having to actually learn anything." They seem like a joke to me.

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Re:Students Left Behind by Remote Learning by throwaway0a5e on Thursday October 01, 2020 @09:43AM (#24650715)

Nobody remembers stuff they don't use. It's more like "get college credits without paying". Having a semester out of the way is an instant 12.5% discount. If you go to a school that has asinine requirements with regard to freshman and on-campus housing it could be effectively a much larger discount.

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