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发帖数: 38600 | 1 DoE to Force NJ School District to Lower Standards of AP Classes Fearing
High Standards are Racist
http://thepunditpress.com/2014/11/17/doe-to-force-nj-school-dis
The South Orange-Maplewood School District in New Jersey will be likely
lowering their standards for AP classes after a successful lawsuit brought
by the Department of Education.
The DoE brought the suit to weaken South Orange-Maplewood’s practice of “
tracking,” or placing students in separate educational paths to suit their
needs. Proponents of tracking believe that it helps all students; not only
will educators teach students at their level, but it will prevent large
classes in which students of different needs are taught all at once.
The DoE and opponents of tracking believe it promotes “segregation,” by
favoring white students and putting minority students on a path of
underachievement and failure.
The suit was brought by the DoE after it found that African Americans were
“underrepresented” in South Orange-Maplewood’s AP classes. The school has
a large number of black students, yet only a small percent of African
Americans are placed in AP classes.
Interestingly, the DoE’s suit did not say that these students’ grades were
appropriate for AP classes; they simply stated that, because there were
many black students in the school, about the same number should be in
advanced classes. Race is the issue, not that students who have high grades
are being prevented from getting into AP classes because of their race.
Because of the DoE’s decision, South Orange-Maplewood has removed nearly
all tracking from their Elementary and Middle School and is “looking into
whether to reduce the rigid requirements that are currently in place for a
student to move into a higher level class.” | b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 2 In a related story the NBA will lower the rim, because high rims
discriminate against white men who cannot jump, Native Americans and Eskimos
. Talks continue about shifting the three point line to the right to
accommodate more long-shots attempts from the left. |
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