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Ah, there is the key word, 'equity'. That is the code word for Cultural Marxism, which seems to be quite present in this situation.
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An email from Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) Principal Michelle Irwin dated April 13 says all 11th-grade History and English honors courses at the school will be eliminated, following a decision by the school last year to eliminate Advanced World History, Advance Physics, Advanced Biology and two other classes for gifted students, according to The San Diego Tribune.
"We are eliminating the 11th grade English and history Honors courses. This change will bring our English and history course offerings into alignment with what is currently offered at PHHS in 9th, 10th and 12th grade," a document attached to Irwin's email, obtained by The National Desk, reads.
A section of the document titled, "Rationale For Changes," states that the changes will help "create more balanced heterogeneously grouped classes; eliminate stigma," and "provide a well-balanced course offering for all students."
"Our goal is to have students from all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds represented in our courses. A variety of factors including access to education, adult bias, and a person’s self-generated identity contribute to the inequities we currently experience," the document continues.
After hundreds of students and parents protested last week, however, Irwin paused the decision. More than 2,000 people signed a petition on Change.org opposing the changes. The school then held two Zoom meetings after the protests last week to get input from parents.
How do these Marxists end up in charge of so many of our institutions and corporations?
The classes are open to anyone that is academically prepared and capable.
But alas, since it didn't have the right "proportions" it was bad.
Great way to drive you top students towards private and magnet schools thus cratering your school rankings and starting the downward spiral to a school district where the good schools are good and the public schools have metal detectors at the entrances and a graduation rate and incarceration rate fighting for supremacy.
started school at four and was put in 'ADVANCED" class, stared out windows and got all As ...nobody asked me in the early sixties , they just assign you to class
In 2019, only 3% of school age kids were homeschooled. Now? It's up to 11%. And I suspect it will continue to rise.
It's almost as though public educators intentionally want to eliminate the population of motivated, smart, well-adjusted kids from public schools entirely.
Any parent who feels their child is being held back by the public-funded school system, always has the option to simply enroll their child in college.
We enrolled our son in college when he was 16yo. At that time, I had a discussion with his college counselor, the counselor told me that the tenth, eleventh and twelve grades in highschool are really not needed in terms of education. Any student who masters the ninth-grade curriculum is fully ready to begin college level course work.
In the 1940s when the laws that mandated compulsory education were enacted, it was thought that K - 12 was needed. But that was a long time ago, and many things have changed. But our culture has never reassessed the laws mandating K-12.
That is great that the protests forced them to keep the advanced classes. What is it with the Dems that want to keep people down and perpetually oppressed? I'm talking minorities here. What else should we expect from the party that fought to keep their slaves? Back in those dark days it was ILLEGAL to educate your slaves. It seems that when it comes to the Dems old habits die hard.
Black kids can be just as smart as White kids, all they have to do is be challenged and apply themselves. Who is really to blame that the AP classes were not diverse enough? I would blame the school system for allowing the Black kids to slide in their studies since 1st grade.
they can just lower the bar for everyone like Oregon because they think non white people are stupid.
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