A lot of people are down on this idea, but what about the argument that these schools are failing to educate half of their students by tracking them into low-expectation classes?

If you decide in the 6th grade that a student is not going to make it academically, you're perpetuating a cycle of failure.

Dividing students into tracks and providing different resources to each track is a great way to provide a separate-but-not-equal experience based on race or class.