Mandating mediocrity in the name of “equity” is all the rage these days.
Last week, the Boston Globe reported that a significant debate has emerged among those who send their children to Cambridge Public Schools because the district has “eliminated advanced math in middle school with the aim of reducing disparities between low-income children of color and their more affluent peers.”What this means in practice is that all students will be relegated to the lowest math class and not take Algebra I until ninth grade.
What’s the reason for the change, then? Well, there was no evidence that offering advanced classes for those who were ready was actually a harmful practice. Rather, the Boston Globe reported that the district was “alarmed” that “students in those classes were overwhelmingly white and Asian.” This doesn’t actually help anyone, though. It clearly harms all of those who would be ahead but for this policy. And it particularly harms high-achieving students who come from low-income families. The reason is that those with money can still pay for outside help to ensure their children remain ahead, but the district just pulled all the support for those who can’t afford private tutors out from under their feet.
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