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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by poorbutdebtfree on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:48PM (#35306470)
Defund AP classes and redistribute surplus resources into remedial reading. It's that simple.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by jobs_throwaway on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:49PM (#35306484)
Deprive the successful kids of challenging coursework to coddle the unsuccessful ones. That'll turn out great
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by diebeforei485 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:53PM (#35306543)
Your assumption here is that schools with advanced classes spend more resources per student.

That is absolutely untrue. Lowell High School in SF spends a lot less than other high schools. Same with Stuyvesant in NYC. This means the kids falling behind get more resources.

Your proposal will result in higher spending, not lower.

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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by Pigalowda on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:50PM (#35306489)
The old “all children left behind” trick? That’ll work once I guess
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by silisili on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:51PM (#35306507)
Um, no. The way to solve this is not to just make everyone dumber in the name of equity.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by unsupp0rted on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:55PM (#35306583)
Is this satirical about the “defund the police” movement? If so, it’s quite well done.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by maxk42 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @04:07PM (#35306721)
Educational opportunities are not a zero-sum game.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by muh_gradle on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:53PM (#35306542)
No that's a terrible idea.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by alphanullmeric on Saturday March 25, 2023 @04:00PM (#35306647)
Libertarianism For Me syndrome.
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Re:Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Ba... by peepeepoopoo3 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:59PM (#35306629)
Maybe we can redistribute their IQ points as well.
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