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re: Virginia moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade - for 'equity'

Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:07 pm to
Posted by ChunkyLover54
Member since Apr 2015
6544 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:07 pm to
Loudoun County And Fairfax are pretty well off places and a big plus in attracting people are good public schools.

Effectively giving up on public education will change quite a bit

Oh well, they voted for it
Posted by AUX3
Member since Dec 2010
3452 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:09 pm to
That’s one way to stop people from coming to the US. If you want equity in schooling, you should force parents to care about their kids education at a young age. As Tebow says- you do what you care about. Bam - problem solved.
Posted by markinkaty
Katy Tx
Member since Dec 2019
4507 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:14 pm to
Reminiscent of Pol Pot killing all the people who wore glasses.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

Private schools will be outlawed within 10 years.





Sister Joseph Mary says otherwise.
Posted by G2160
houston
Member since May 2013
1773 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:00 pm to
And the trees were all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
19571 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:12 pm to
quote:

Loudoun County And Fairfax are pretty well off places and a big plus in attracting people are good public schools.



Lots of rich suburbanites who send their children to public schools.

I am curious how they'll handle this.
Posted by Tiger985
Member since Nov 2006
6499 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 5:45 am to
quote:

The Chinese must be astounded at how easily they're winning this undeclared war.


I've said this in other threads.

The Chinese are behind all of it.

The political division. The racial division. The virus.

They have our own people doing it for them sometimes knowingly.

Pearl harbor was child's play compared to this operation.
Posted by TigerSprings
Southeast LA
Member since Jan 2019
1596 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 6:24 am to
Duke Podesta talked about this on Stephan Molineux a couple years ago.
If the floor will not come up, bring the ceiling down.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99799 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 6:33 am to
quote:

Most smart kids don't go to public schools anyway


As a parent of two kids who went to privates and excelled in honors and AP/dual enrollment courses, I can tell you this isn't true. There are certainly a lot of high achievers in privates, but plenty of really smart kids go to public schools, especially in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
6796 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:19 am to
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Private schools will be outlawed within 10 years.


A quick Google of "ban private schools" and I think you may be right. The left has it on their agenda and apparently we are all just along for the ride now.
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
25125 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:31 am to
This is insane. Most civilized nations push their weakest to get better, stronger, and smarter.

Only in this budding shithole of a country are we pushing our strongest to get worse, weaker, and dumber.

All to spare the feelings of a few who have been completely let down by their parents and shite school systems.
Posted by LetsgoGamecocks
Member since Sep 2014
2916 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:34 am to
This also means the dumb kids will be grouped into one math class with the smart kids thus slowing the pace to a crawl.
Posted by Stonehenge
Wakulla Springs
Member since Dec 2014
751 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 7:55 am to
The Trees!
Posted by AU86
Member since Aug 2009
22530 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:01 am to
Dumbing it down.

"Equity" is a Communist term.
Posted by AU86
Member since Aug 2009
22530 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:05 am to
quote:

Only in this budding shithole of a country are we pushing our strongest to get worse, weaker, and dumber.

All to spare the feelings of a few who have been completely let down by their parents and shite school systems.


We have done it for years. It started during the mid 70's in middle schools.

The left hijacked the Education system a long time ago.
Posted by markinkaty
Katy Tx
Member since Dec 2019
4507 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:12 am to
The elites don't want supersmart people to challenge their hold on the world with new inventions or innovations. They want the general populace to have sub-90 iqs.
This post was edited on 8/6/21 at 8:14 am
Posted by mwade91383
Washington DC
Member since Mar 2010
5693 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:24 am to
Good grief lady, a couple things....

1) This story is old and dated.

2) It's just a proposal that was being discussed.

3) It's not even really true, woefully misrepresented: LINK

Don't like that one? Google it, there are many stories, pick an outlet you like. All they're actually doing is updating the cirriculum (which they reexamine every 7 years). Looks like the Fox reports were based on rumors, which is shocking, right? The idea is to include/emphasize more relevant material for the modern world (data analysis, modeling, statistics). Can you imagine schools trying to prepare students for the real world? The horror!

'The Virginia Department of Education emphasizes that individual school districts will be able to create their own accelerated courses, and that there is still plenty of time and opportunity for families to give feedback on what they want to see in the next math pathways initiative. That plan is still a few years away.'

'The initiative allows students to take advanced mathematics classes according to ability and achievement, but it doesn't dictate how and when students should take these courses. That decision will come from students and school divisions based on individual learning needs.'




Here's a pro tip: if the headline sounds dumb, it's probably not telling you the actual story. Do your research. Don't be a sheep.
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25494 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:27 am to
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Most smart kids don't go to public schools anyway.

What an ignorant statement
Posted by mightyMick
Member since Aug 2018
3067 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:29 am to
In the twisted, leftist mind, equal opportunity will result in equity, if it doesn't it can only be because of racism. So forced equity is justified.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96897 posts
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:33 am to
You could give a lot of the kids they declare "equity" for 1000 years and they would never sniff calculus.

You frick around in the lower grades and end up unable to do normal operations and you are fricked long-term, meaning no opportunity to build and reach a new level of math.
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