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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by nostromo on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:45PM (#26305595)
Your fear is well-founded, that's already what is happening. Boston Public Schools, for example, just suspended placements in AP courses for all students out of equity concerns.

It turns out it's much easier to achieve equity by pushing people down (no more AP courses for anyone) than by lifting people up (getting more black and latino students into AP courses).

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by throwaway0a5e on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:48PM (#26306514)
>just suspended placements in AP courses for all students out of equity concerns.

The "ruling" class were angry that the plumbers' kids weren't paying a full 4yr of dues to the state colleges so now they're making it so you need to go to private school if you want to get a head start at college gen-eds. And they sold the idea to the masses in the name of making all the animals equal.

I'm being cynical. More likely the people responsible just don't know or care and pushing everybody down is just the easiest way to appease the pro-equity crowd.

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