Another school district ditches honors classes in the name of ‘equity and inclusion’

College Fix ^ | June 26, 2021 | Dave Huber

[Tired of Taxes]

removing honors courses won't do anything except make it harder for their children to get an actual education.

Other people's children's education is not our problem, though. Teach the kids the basics in public schools, and that's it.

Plenty of kids who never even went to school go straight to college and do well there.

[Rybashka]

The school board uses a fancy word in order to sound smart and, in the process, sounds stupid by using it incorrectly.

[Rybashka]

It’s Vancouver, BC, which means that the unspoken worry of the school board is that the advanced classes will have too many Chinese Canadian students in them.

[Wallace T.]

Vancouver, Canada, has a large Asian population, and no doubt names like Wang, Patel, and Yakimoto are represented among honor students in a higher proportion than they are to the general student population. It is ironic that leftist white Canadians will be punishing highly intelligent Asian Canadians for past white abuse of aboriginal Canadians.

[Tired of Taxes]

Whoever the good students are, those students will find a way to get ahead, no matter what.

So many kids don’t even go to school, and they (such as homeschoolers) still go to college and do very well.

[bgill]

IOW, colleges will now require a full year of remedial classes for all students. $$$$$$$$$$.

Twenty years ago, I was against homeschooling. Today, it’s the only way to go.

[Maris Crane]

Think it’s because they do not have teachers who have the knowledge or intelligence to TEACH the subjects.

[nagant]

Raising the floor by lowering the ceiling.

[Pining_4_TX]

All of this education-speak reminds me of some great books by Richard Mitchell. More Than Words Can Say, and The Death of Academe. He had a biting, satirical sense of humor and skewered teacher education in colleges.

[Freee-dame]

Schools that teach so called Advanced placement courses but do not have the vast majority ( or all) of the students take the advanced placement test are probably not really teaching the full advanced placement curriculum. The advanced placement test is a rigorous fair test of the subject matter, at least it was until about 15 years ago. Those who have the ability, complete the curriculum and study hard will probably do well; otherwise they won’t.

[ronnie raygun]

celebrate the stupid

[metmom]

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