To Increase Equity, School Districts Eliminate Honors Classes. Supporters say uniform classes create rigor for all students but critics say cuts hurt faster learners

Wall Street Journal ^ | February 17, 2023 | Sara Randazzo

[Vision]

When is the country going to stand up against this corrupt notion of “equity”? There’s no “equity” in our founding documents.

[Chickensoup]

It isn’t.

Leave.

[mewzilla]

Cambridge Assessment?! IB?!

Two words: Home school.

Note to DeSantis: Keep this up and folks won’t just wonder if you’re Deep State.

[Vision]

Leave?

[Chickensoup]

Yes

[Vision]

I don’t understand what you are saying.

[Chickensoup]

When is the country going to stand up against this corrupt notion of “equity”? There’s no “equity” in our founding documents.

Not going to happen. Leave.

Cappiche?

[Vision]

Ok, I now understand you but no, I won't be abandoning America become some racist jive turkey con artists are moving forward with their “revolution”.

[Chickensoup]

I wish it was just racist turky talking folks.

It is our entire government.

[BlueLancer]

When I was in fourth grade (1955) the teacher kept a shelf of more advanced books in the back of the schoolroom.

When I was in the 3rd and 4th grade, there was an extra-credit program called "The SRA Reading Laboratory", which was basically a box of large index-style cards divided by various subjects, and each subject was divided by difficulty levels. If you finished with your in-class studies, you could go to the back of the room and select a card from a subject and level. Each card consisted of several paragraphs on the subject matter, followed by short quiz to quantify how well you read and understand the subject.

When you successfully completed each card within the subject and level, you could progress to the next subject and/or level to continue.

I believe that this program is what stimulated by love for reading, and, once I progressed into the 4th and 5th grade, I started spending all of my spare time in the school libraries.

[Elsie]

It is our entire government.

Elected by????

[Chickensoup]

Not sure there has been true elections in a number of years.

More Manipulated by...?

[Reily]

I remember those from my elementary school days.
I too give it and my parents credit for the reason that I am a voracious reader. My home could be mistaken for a library due to the number of books and bookshelves in every room.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“We really feel equity means offering opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds, not taking away opportunities for advanced education and study...”

No, equity means crabs pulling the would-be escapee back into the bucket. The district is achieving the exact results it intends to achieve.

[WoofDog123]

I have thought of this specific story in the last year or two, and it isn’t hard to see why.

It would solve a lot of the issues involving in mandating equality. I do think Vonnegut might have missed the boat on a great opportunity to include normalizing genders - but he may have left it out just to get the story published.