[marktwain]

As a matter of fairness, we think teachers should take these kinds of economic and social disparities into account in how they teach and grade students.

The article works from the assumption that "fairness" is the most important outcome.

It is not the most important outcome.

The most important outcome is basic literacy and competence.

It may be even more important to maximize the education of the most talented with math and science and ability to focus on problems: those are the small percentage who move us forward.

Capitalism does a great deal to reward the productive, which is why it is so wildly successful.

Attacking the problem by encouraging stable families is another way to improve the outcomes.

[dfwgator]

Attacking the problem by encouraging stable families is another way to improve the outcomes.

That sounds kinda "white" to me.

[aquila48]

“The article works from the assumption that “fairness” is the most important outcome. “

Fairness is equality of outcome according to these Marxists.

And if you can’t achieve this by elevating the performance of the low IQ students to that of the higher IQ, then you must handicap the higher IQ students to bring them down to that of the lower ones.

“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal
before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter
than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was
stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the
211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing
vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.”

Prophecy from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”. You can read more here.

https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron_djvu.txt