[pnh102]

Once again public schools focus on the underachievers at the expense of the good students.

[RC2]

I guess it’s “fair” not to teach science to the general population of the schools because some students just don’t get it and have no interest in it. Basically, it boils down to the fact that some parents are embarrassed that other kids are smarter than their kids.

[junta]

Marxism rears its head once again, leading to the usual failure.

[MrB]

Key phrase:

“In the language of the politically correct, achievement is equated with privilege. Such verbal sleight of hand evades the question whether individuals’ priorities and efforts affect outcomes, whether in education or in other endeavors.”

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The most ridiculous example of misapplied "fairness" I can think of was perpetrated by the company I work for. This company offered a "buyout" payment of $150 per month for persons who, for whatever reason, declined the company health insurance--in my case it was because I was already insured through my wife. A couple of years ago the company was forced to raise insurance premiums on employees using the company insurance. But to make it "fair" for all concerned, they actually decreased the amount of the buyout by $50 per month, not realizing that the people receiving the buyout were actually saving the company money by continuing to decline the company health insurance!

[Darteaus94025]

Ever since school integration, high schools have become bi-modal - ghetto trolls and the college bound enrolled in the same school. Then, the race hustlers bemoan the “gap” of achievement.

Berkeley’s move is simply the latest in the liberal quest to eliminate excellence in America through the dumbing down of public schools.

[a fool in paradise]

Can teach children how to use the scientific method to prove something. Their scams to steal trillions of dollars under the guise of “Global Climate Change” would fall flat.

[pabianice]

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I still think a two track system would solve the problem. One track devoted to ethnic studies, one track devoted to college prep.