School CANCELS Honors Class in the name of Racial Equity.

Earlier this school year, the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) replaced honors classes at Culver City High School with a one-size-fits-all approach that officials said would give students of all races an equal education, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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[@jennifersandahl4603]

“One size fits all” should never be uttered by an educator. Everyone learns differently and needs to have their interests nurtured. This is absolutely insane.

[@gigigigi1159]

Absolutely insane

[@ChillyJack]

Public schools have almost *_always_* catered to the lowest common denominator students. It's the welfare of education but it gets treated like the default instead of the last resort it should be.

[@stevenspisakstaff7177]

de-streaming is the newest equity plan in education

[@yoface938]

Yup one size shoe fits all where if your foot is too big we will chop it down to size.

[@triad6425]

The biggest issue in the USA is simply that great solid education is not the norm.

[@michaelmurray8295]

Seems the easiest route to equality of outcomes is limiting achievement and excellence.

[@jamesallen1408]

Equality of outcome isn’t possible in reality

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

@@jamesallen1408 put some caps in your name💀

[@hueco5002]

@@jamesallen1408 ohhh but it will be. Just you watch - next we’ll see this school get rid of grades and go to a straight Pass/Fail. Then they won’t actually fail anyone except maybe a token student here or there - probably the kid with Asperger’s or add who would have thrived in a more rigorous environment but who is bored out of their mind here. Boom. School gets to say, “see, all of our students graduate - we are amazing” and feel good while having accomplished nothing.

[@alroth6308]

democrats need to "feel" educated when they simply cannot accomplish anything of real value

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

I'm black. Honors classes were a definite plus in getting me into MIT. Thanks democrats.

[@MCohen28]

Congrats man

[@ellencox8415]

Did you graduate from MIT? I'm just curious. The media is constantly talking about racial quotas in college, meanwhile, those students who get in to fit a quota, something like 75% of them fail out or drop out.... which is so much worse than not getting in in the first place. Congratulations! You now have debt and no degree!

[@thebarkingmouse]

I'm hoping that we're getting to the jump the shark moment. Because this really has gotten out of hand. At some point the vast majority of us, or at least a cohesive minority is going to have to put their foot down about these schools. The fact that they are prioritizing indoctrinating children in woke ideology rather than covering the basics of Education is unacceptable. What was it in Baltimore not a single child out of the entire educational system is competent and basic mathematics? What are they spending their time on? Have you ever read Starship Troopers? The movie is an action flick and it's okay in its own right but it has nothing to do with the central message of the book. If you read mr. Dubois history and moral philosophy section of the book, it sounds like a description of today. I come from a family with five children. Five out of five of us have Master's level education. Lawyer & CPA, journalist (and a real one. You can't tell his politics by his coverage) who was managing editor of a major paper for 30 years, teacher, engineer, and IT specialist with a master's in economics who speaks three languages. What do we have in common? Both of our parents were scientists, and Christians which despite popular Prejudice today is not a conflict. We were brought up to be ruthlessly intellectually honest, and we were physically punished when we did wrong. Belt and hand. We knew where the line was and what the consequences of violating that would be. Physical pain. That needs to be brought back in our schools. Starting in kindergarten. If you misbehave, you get spanked. Painfully but without permanent damage. As you get older, if you disrupt class you will be removed from that class and punished. And Educators need to leave their personal lives and politics out of it entirely. I have no idea what the sexuality of any of my teachers were. Nor do I have any idea who they voted for. Nor do I care. In China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, etcetera they are focusing on the basics. We've become so fat spoiled and lazy that were arguing over fantasies and our politicians are using the mentally ill to divide us. We've gotten to the point where a large minority of people accept the mutilation of children in the name of ideology. Never in history has a man become a woman, or a woman become a man. If you're an adult who wishes to live as the other sex, knock yourself out. I don't care. I'll be polite up until you demand that I pretend that you are actually the other sex. That's merely your thing. And I don't care as long as you're not harming anybody else. But when so-called educators, public officials, Guardians, and parents start using powerful hormone-blocking drugs in the absence of a pathology such as precocious puberty (endocrine disorder) to alter the development of children, and then encourage them to undergo irreversible Surgical procedures. We've gone beyond simple mental and physical abuse to nazi-style Mengele human experimentation. We need new Nuremberg trials for these child abusers. If we don't take control of this now. Then you better start learning Mandarin

[@mikeylicksit]

awesome and inspiring

[@HostileTakeover555]

@@thebarkingmouse - I agree with most of what you said except the corporal punishment aspect. That’s been proven to be ineffective. I even know very conservative people who don’t do that bc they know it doesn’t work. I was “punished” that way as well and all it did was make me resentful and didn’t teach me why I shouldn’t do anything, it taught me that I should figure out how it to not get caught doing it.

[@SBNunez]

I'm latina, and I worked my butt off to get into honors and AP classes. It's doable, there was no discrimination. I know students who wanted to be in these programs and would get help within the school system to make it happen. This is absurd.

[@indiatastic]

right on. i was a black scholarship kid in a rich predominantly white school who was in AP English, calcules, chemistry, and Physics. #1 in my class in calculus and chemistry.

[@mr_knowitall]

Worked your butt off? i thought anyone could get into them.

[@indiatastic]

Then you're not aoc our fave big booty latinx

[@noone6787]

Or…or…you can take classes in Mexico and make it better instead of coming here and ruining our country? 🤔

[@dakmycat3688]

Thank you.

[@antonyka-pra-ra]

They've been dumbing everyone down, because they couldn't uplift some, you know For equity

[@marhawkman303]

I think it's just an excuse to try to avoid teaching anyone anything useful.

[@campbell1446]

They're dumbing everyone down because they want everyone dumb.

[@marhawkman303]

@@campbell1446 yeah really, it's hard to lie to people who already know the truth. you need to keep them from learning the truth if you're going to get them to buy all of your lies.

[@minhnguyen-cw7uf]

Nah, no need, black are asking for 3,5mil in reparation, now, I am identified as black, is it too late for me to jump into the band wagon with em? just asking

[@marhawkman303]

@@minhnguyen-cw7uf honestly? the real question is who the --- is gonna pay any reparations?

[@Pseudoku_RL]

They always use the fence argument "3 people are behind a fence. One can see over, one's head is just below the top, and the last is far too short to see over. You help the two others accordingly so that everyone sees the same height. That's equity." Except that's never what happens. They don't help everyone see the same height. They make the taller two kneel until they're the same height as the shortest person and call that equity. The taller you are, the more you have to kneel

[@amandawilkinsontarot7096]

👏👏👏

[@barryon8706]

They also use height, something not much affected by personal behavior, as the determining factor. That's not a fair comparison for scholastic achievement or wealth, both of which are strongly affected by personal behavior.

[@seriade]

This is where you point out no the equality is when the police arrest them all for peeking over the fence instead of buying a ticket to the game.

[@mikeylicksit]

The three people are Aragorn at 6'6", Legolas at 6' 3", and Gimli at 4' tall

[@Jono793]

@@mikeylicksit "Never toss a dwarf!" Aragon: "But that's what Equity looks like, Gimli!"

[@edacheson8540]

This is the next level of the teacher giving the gifted kids what amounts to busy work when they outpace the rest of the class. Otherwise known as "tall poppy syndrome".

[@gigigigi1159]

This results in under achieving which is exactly what they want...if you say this in ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD...they would laugh and ARE LAUGHING at us...hoping that we do this ...

[@edacheson8540]

@zaronax equity needs to be relegated back to where it belongs. Mortgages and stocks.

[@lorrainegunn4111]

​@@gigigigi1159 Growing more people to vote for the "Trumps" of the world.

[@samanthas2280]

Technically honors don't prove a kid is gifted. It proves they are good at school work. There are kids that are better at something than the kids in an honors course, but due to a learning disability can't excel in traditional teaching. But yeah. Being the ADD kid in school that was reading about calculus while the teacher kept having us practice fractions was awful.

[@GodwynDi]

@@samanthas2280 Would it surprise you to learn that being good at school is often a predictor of being good at school in the future?

[@tomhollins5303]

Thats how you get equity, you drag everyone down to the lowest level.

[@aquarius5461]

This woke ideology is getting more ludicrous by the day, one gets sick & fed up with it all. Thanks Nate.

[@paintedponies9490]

I picture the kids today having a really tough time being a kid today, being pulled apart by everyone teachers, politicians, government, the news, everyone and everything. So sad.

[@hope-cat4894]

Honors class was so much fun. The kids in those classes always seemed better behaved than the kids in the general classes (just my experience, don't attack me 🤷🏽‍♀️). I feel bad for those kids being deprived of that experience of being with like-minded nerds.

[@stefaniekuzminski9575]

Heaven forbid that students are given achievable goals to aspire to. Everybody earns a trophy.

[@BaresarkSlayne]

That's how it was in my high school, and it's been a long time since I have been there. You chose to enroll in AP or Honors classes, and so long as you got a B or higher in your regular classes the previous year, you were admitted. There was no testing into it, in the literal sense. It stands to reason that if you got a C or lower, you would be ineligible to attend those classes since you were only doing average in an average class. It's like all the "conspiracy theories" though. They won't raise people up to attain more, they will take high achievers and bring them down.

[@kittyearsheadbands8810]

I had to read and write a report during the summer. That’s extra work that most don’t want to do.

[@joeclaridy]

We had that same system where I attened school. You couldn't apply for Honors and AP classes, they were earned. What has happened to our education system.

[@susanswanson2253]

Same for me. My grades over time got me into AP classes. Not a test. And you had to keep your grades up to stay in the class. The smarter kids are going get bored and suffer, being dumbed down.

[@NicolaMaxwell]

This is getting beyond ridiculous! Thank you Nate!!🙏

[@TheJarric]

this aint even worse example

[@NicolaMaxwell]

@@TheJarric oh I can imagine... but definitely don't want to.

[@danivasquez2441]

As an immigrant from The Dominican, the honors classes were a huge plus for me.

[@MCohen28]

Maggie Thatcher stated “What the honorable member is saying is that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich,” she argued on November 22, 1990. She added: “So long as the gap is smaller, they would rather have the poor poorer. You do not create wealth and opportunity that way. You do not create a property-owning democracy that way.”

[@NicolaMaxwell]

She was a nasty piece of work!

[@kumibooks1359]

I’m black and all my classes were honors and AP. This hurts a lot more than it “helps” just change the books in the curriculum

[@kellik5453]

Now they just let people in based on skin tone quotas, so there is no value in Honors or AP classes.

[@kumibooks1359]

@@kellik5453 no, they don’t let people in by skin color. At my school the program I was under required 2 honors classes, 2 AP/or IP classes. It was an accelerated college program in my high school. I was just saying that I am Black to point out the stupidness of what was going on in California.

[@janiesuper3222]

There is much more to this. Often a high school loves to brag about where they students end up. It is definitely in their interest to raise as many successful students as possible because it all comes back to them in the form of donations, volunteerism, events, notoriety and in the end money. There is more to this. There is somebody who is either pretty stupid, or intentionally sabotaging this school. I vote for both.

[@paintedponies9490]

This is further dividing races sounds like more CRT. The people in charge of schools are destroying the education system.

[@ellencox8415]

Agreed. Something is up.

[@jojolina7]

What you’re missing is that achievement alone isn’t something that many states and specifically CA are wanting to brag about. An honors program that is majority Asian and white is seen as a black eye that needs to be remediated. It’s a disparity. Schools, especially in CA, are under pressure to eliminate disparities. So in this case, ✅ and ✅ disparity gone. This is the badge of honor in CA, not some “racist” honors program with few Black and Latino students. This is the currency in CA.

[@janiesuper3222]

@@jojolina7 how can it be a black eye when its clearly too small of a class to be functional? remediation isnt the worst that could happen. this school will have exceptions.

[@HostileTakeover555]

@@janiesuper3222 - Believe me, I get it, it doesn’t make sense lol but I think jojolina is right. It’s in no way a good thing for them if they have classes that are allowed to operate with to many Asian and white students. I follow this stuff pretty closely and the worst thing that could happen to them is to have a class with not enough POC in it.

[@74357175]

I see this so often! It's easier to 'fix' diversity by racism than by doing the hard work of actually reaching out to the community you claim to care about

[@anitat9727]

Yup. This is exactly what they do.

[@pamweese7678]

My kids high school took away the valedictorian, salutatorian etc…….several years ago. All of the kids were upset because in their words,”why try anymore.”

[@jiiig8667]

What's troubling to me is that people that think like this can't understand or accept common sense. If there's no common sense then there's chaos.

[@happyjesus123]

Based on an article in _Reason Magazine_ the honors classes are A.P classes. "It was very jarring when teachers looked at their AP enrollment and realized Black and brown kids were not there. They felt obligated to do something," said Quoc Tran, the district's superintendent. Advanced Placement classes (A.P.) allow students to earn college credit in high school. Taking A.P. classes reduces the number of classes they need to take (and pay for) in college. The school district is harming poor students of all races.

[@Ethan-fh9lq]

I was a terrible student who never tried in school until the last 2 years of high school when I signed up for honors and had awesome teachers who really inspired me. It completely changed my life. Having the opportunity to take honors classes in high school (even as someone who had low grades before that) has made such a huge difference in the course of my life. It makes me really sad to think about those opportunities being cancelled for any kid who might have otherwise had the opportunity. I also think this is the kind of thing that can radicalize young people politically. I think if I had had my honors classes cancelled after they helped me so much in the name of an abstract and clearly BS application of the principle of equity, I would have been pretty outraged and it would have been a lot easier to sell me on relatively hard line right wing ideas.

[@TxCarrie]

Thank you for covering race-based issues so fairly. As a white woman who raised 3 brown adopted brothers, I was shocked at how they were judged unfairly by teachers and administration. However, that problem is not solved by cancelling an advanced class due to diversity. We need to be approaching these problems with intelligence and not just worrying about optics.

[@nulnoh219]

Equity is NOT about lowering the bar! It's about lifting disadvantaged people UP!

[@aM0nk]

It seems like they are raising the bar for underachievers and lowering the bar for overachievers.

[@mikeylicksit]

My youngest daughter is graduating in a few months from HS. From freshman to senior year all of her classes have been honors classes, all because (for her) the regular class educational level was far too simple and booooring. She dreaded going to school to just sit there and yawn all day because of the regular curriculum was horribly yawnful. Thankfully in her school the one-size-fits-all approach is highly discarded by teachers/administrators who are wise enough to know some children just excel faster than others. On the flip side, my oldest graduated from HS a couple years ago from a slow development school which catered to those born with learning disabilities. Both programs, the honors (fast learn) and the compensatory (slow learn) were like gold to me because I didn't have to worry either were being neglected educationally. Any idiot trying to push one-size-fits-all for ANYONE should go back to school and learn life isn't o-s-f-a, whether fast, normal track, or slower learning.

[@carole4119]

Right on ..mom

[@mikeylicksit]

@@carole4119 so true. i'm a mom-dad hybrid

[@ThroughTheHaze]

As someone who has learning disabilities, there is nothing wrong with having classes for one group with learning disabilities , and also having AP classes. Students learn differently. Don't punish one group by slowing them down.

[@LilmissJ111]

Jaimie Escalante was one of the best Math teachers in history. I suggest maybe the schools have forgotten their actual mission. If you research him he has a few video interviews which show truly how wonderful of a person he is. His character and love is powerful. His fire and passion for our young adults should be taught to teachers. It is his character not the color of his skin that is so powerful!

[@emilymccracken9671]

Stand and Deliver is a great movie.

[@LilmissJ111]

@@emilymccracken9671 he is more amazing in person!

[@blacksocrates1]

Don't forget he was forced out of California public schools

[@carlosreid51]

That movie was inspiration and I wish these neo cons / liberals ( really them ) would go back to the 1980s / 90s style of classic liberal and strong male leaders again.

[@ianmacdiarmid1249]

This shows that many "educators" are more concerned with political and social agendas instead of actually educating their students

[@carlosnieve1225]

I was born in Mexico and started in English Learner’s classes. I got into Honor’s English which prepared me for AP classes. That class led to college and to a degree. What a joke

[@ellencox8415]

Honors classes in our school district is based on National/State test scores, grades, and behavior. You could be a straight A student with the highest test scores who gets into fights and they're not taking you. Our honors classes are set up project based, so you can't have someone incredibly smart with behavioral issues.

[@brandiwooten4495]

I taught HS English for 14 years- the last year I had the opportunity to teach 2 honors classes. I was in the “gifted and talented” program when I was in school, so I always tried to maintain a high level of rigor in my regular classes, but when I had those two honors classes, it was a different ball game! The kids WANTED to be in that class, they wanted to push themselves and work harder, so we were able to go way above and beyond regular classes. To make all classes “honors” you are preventing students who want the higher rigor from achieving it because it won’t happen in a class where other students don’t want to put in the work.

[@aannddrryyaa]

This is a shame. The 'system' seems to be trying to crush the hopes and dreams of those who've earned those honors. My heart breaks for everyone involved because the message it gives is a crying shame, to say it nicely. I agree, it is racism, and anti-human spirit(ism). I hope those this is effecting won't lose their heart. I love you Nate. You are such a wise, kind and intelligent man. Peace.

[@CCo100]

Imagine being a teacher and don't know how the pedagogical process work due to "inclusion and equity". The honor students in my school district are what the media called "BIPOC" and we are pretty diverse here. They success in the system because their families have smart and kind parents.

[@northeastoperations]

I blame the parents and families the most. If they valued academic achievement and education, the students would want to join these classes. It's time for some hard truths. School is not a day care.

[@astrahcat1212]

I'm white got all Ds in school and have no resentment towards honors students. Good for them. I didn't need good grades for my profession, but doctor, lawyers, etc need to get good grades and we need them to do well and be honored.

[@Curiousmo]

OMG! This infuriates me! Have the decision makers actually spent time in any classrooms lately? I have a kid in middle school and a kid in high school, both kids schools are diverse. The reality is that the kids that pick the honors classes are motivated to do the work. If not the kids, at least the kids, parents are motivated to make them do the work. I can assure you, I’m sure my kids would both be failing if we didn’t have things like ParentVUE. I can see when my kid doesn’t do assignments, I can see when I need to dog on my kids to get them to do the work. My kids middle school has a reputation that it’s two schools within one. You have the honors courses and then you have general population. Middle schoolers in general are going through hormonal changes trying to find them cells and want to rebuild. There are a ton of behavioral issues at my kids middle school. The dictation has come down from the state that they need to stop suspending persons of color. Which is interesting, my kids school is about 45% black, 45%, white and 10% other. There are 1000 students in it. My kids honors classes are diverse by nature of the fact that we have strong diversity in our school. However, I would be most pissed if they did away with the honors classes as it does separate the kids into those who will work, and those who don’t want to work as hard.

[@ltsiver]

While laziness is one explanation, their ideology is a better one. Remember, no one is even equal to themselves at any two points in time. So, per the ideology, if they're going to make everyone equal, then they will adjust the school coursework so everyone is at the level of the worst student in the school. That's equity.

[@HostileTakeover555]

Honestly, I agree, laziness would be to logical. I’ve followed this type of stuff for a while and I think it’s more ideological than anything.

[@marhawkman303]

@@HostileTakeover555 well, also, being a good student and trying hard in school is for "whtppl".... ugh that's the one I hate most.

[@riffbw]

Absolutely correct. This is Equity and this new push for Equity is destroying our country. The "everyone gets a trophy" model is an equity model. It's about controlling the outcomes which is a Socialist/Communist mindset and they are trying to make that the goal without saying that's the goal. Equity is evil when it completely ignores equality of opportunity and amount of effort put in. What's lost in the Equity debate, is equal outcomes can mean equally bad. Everyone making $15/hr means no one is ever making more than minimum outside of corporate jobs. They are running the Marxist playbook on us to set up the ruling and working class in a way we cannot break it. And they are taking away all the stepping stones to get out of it. You can no longer choose honors classes, you have to take what everyone else takes, therefore you can no longer claim to excel above your peers.

[@marhawkman303]

@@riffbw Yeah, equity is simple: 5 people do 100 dollars worth of work, Equity says they each get 20$ share... even if one of them did nothing.

[@anitat9727]

Wokeness is often used as a cover for laziness.

[@crewcrewdin6891]

Thank you as always great show stay strong. This situation of canceling AP classes has been taking place for years over 40. Finally someone is talking about thank you. Stay free and safe.

[@iammuttley1259]

I’m PuertoRican and grew up in NYC Public Magnet schools. All Honors and aced the Regents exams.

[@TheAmateurEditor]

And this is the problem with equity; it ultimately ends up meaning lowering everyone else to the lowest common denominator than uplifting everyone to the highest achiever.

[@gagestandingready1472]

I'm Indigenous, and I worked my arse off to achieve an honors grad designation. It was worth it.

[@rainshadowband3161]

I remember in early 90's when I was in middle school in Southern California, I qualified to be in Honors classes starting the next semester (I'm white). At the time they called it the "Gifted and Talented" program meant to teach overachieving kids at a grade level or two higher since those same kids (me) were literally sleeping in class and still getting straight A grades without cheating. Unfortunately, that's when the school board decided to take funding away from this program (killed the program completely) to be able to increase funding to ESL classes (English as a Second Language). This ridiculous system of everyone can only be as advanced as your dumbest student is the reason why there's always going to be resistance against these type of nonsensical policies.

[@morganthebabygenuis]

This is so ridiculous. At my child's high school, you are hand picked for honors and college prep - based on your grades! And that's how it should be. So for them to not even have an academic requirement but still deciding to cancel the class, well it makes no darn sense at all!

[@LC_from_MO]

This is possibly one of the most racist things the education system has ever done. That’s saying a LOT ‼️

[@stvargas69]

Its good that you pointed out that the district is being lazy. Today, its just easier to roll over when things don't go your way.

[@patricianab6546]

I was never in honors classes but I’m not jealous or resentful of students that were. Same with gifted schools on NY. They should exist for those students to excel, regardless of race/gender.

[@milktobo7418]

Its "No child left behind working perfectly". The corollary is that no child gets ahead.

[@milktobo7418]

@Lawofimprobability I didn't know that was an actual bill, I always heard it referred to as an idea/principle. Thanks for the insight.

[@waterdragon2224]

This is ridiculous. Why should the students who wish to work hard and get a valuable credit be denied because others don’t want to put in the effort? That’s punishing the best to placate the worst. Competition isn’t nice so everyone gets a ribbon. Then when kids grow up and enter the real world they are whiny and entitled like Meghan when things aren’t just handed to them anymore. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Unhinged

[@HardcoreFourSix]

This reminds me of a ridiculous story from the UK. Parents of some students got a note from the school asking them to cease reading to their child at home. Why? Because it gave those children an "unfair advantage" over the students whose parents did not read to them. DUMBING DOWN, instead of encouraging everyone to reach higher

[@HontounoShiramizu]

Even in the meritocratic system (as opposed to opt-in in this case) this doesn't make sense. Imagine if the government decided to close down all hospitals because less than X% of Y group of people were hospital staffers.

[@bobhope9646]

You should have thousands more subs nate, your very accurate with your summary 👏 👏 👏

[@bombero3368]

‘It isn’t diversity. It’s racism by another name”. So, so, so true!

[@goboy6882]

When I was growing up, I was legally blind. When I played basketball, I couldn't see the hoop. Instead of blindfolding the other students, I learned how to feed passes to my teammates. That was my pathway to equity.

[@ladislasayano9406]

But this has been happening in CA since 2 years ago. First they were going to cancel AP Math classes for all CA schools from the governor office. It is very hurtful ...

[@briant7265]

All that does is send the AP students with time and money to other sources and leave the students who don't have the resources behind. It doesn't help "equity". It reinforces economic inequality.

[@BM-fz9yc]

So equity. Instead of giving “disadvantaged” people a hand up we are just dragging everyone else down to the lowest common denominator. As a white low income student myself, merit based accolades and honors classes we the only thing I had going for me when applying for schools. Taking that away cripples kids like me, and ironically will also cripple low income Black and Latino kids. My parents couldn’t afford (nor cared enough) to enroll me in extra curriculars to fluff up my resume. AlI had were my grades and my classes. You hit the nail on the head - they are too lazy to figure out why Black and Latino kids aren’t enrolling and trying to go upstream to fix the problem. They’d rather just lazily get rid of the program and kick the can down the road. It’s shameful and it’s clear they don’t care about the children they claim to want to help.

[@gigigigi1159]

My son was in honors and then had to drop out of the math portion...but he never let it stop him...he continued to study, do sports ALL TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP so that he could go to school to become a Doctor Of Physical Therapy..he busted his butt!! and SEVEN YEARS LATER and hundreds of thousand of dollars later...he did it...Honors are for people who work hard at what they love....then get rid of SPORTS because so many kids are not good at sports and it makes them, especially, boys..feel bad about themselves

[@patriciaoconnor402]

So they are punishing the smart kids because other kids don't feel like working hard?

[@robertmatthews2009]

Equity is all about everyone ending up in the same place. If some kids can't or don't want to do the work necessary to succeed, it wouldn't be fair to let other kids to succeed.

[@TheScienceNerd100]

Basically in the name of "equality" they are inadvertently saying that black and latino kids are not smart enough for honors courses and to make them feel better, they hold back kids want to push themselves for the kids who don't want to push themselves.

[@universalsoldier2293]

This is akin to several minority school districts in my state lowering the test requirements for graduation specifically for black and brown students. First of all, that's rude to assume they need it, but second--and more importantly--it's not preparing them for a job/the real world after high school. Worse, even with the lowered score exceptions, some districts have grad rates south of 50%, with many more students testing at a fifth grade level of reading (some can't read at all!). And it's not a lack of funding as these districts receive special extra funding above and beyond what other districts get, up to triple the spending per student. Heartbreaking and infuriating.

[@texasbeast239]

The history of equity courts and equity law was that when the statutory law failed to compensate a victim sufficiently for all his losses after an act of wrongdoing, courts could award extra compensation, to make up for the shortsightedness of the statutory law. It helped the deserving to get what they had coming. But this decision does the total opposite of that. It slights the deserving. So this isn't equity.

[@grahamcairns2249]

From Canada here. I have to say Nate. I wish we had someone working with your intelligence to assist in understanding what true equality is throughout North America. All should all be given equal opportunities without discretion, treated equally, and given choice equally. This is going to take work and encouragement, not laziness from the teachers. Well said once again.

[@Dogbertforpresident]

The belief that racism can only go one way is fueling this madness.

[@clwaid5407]

This is discrimination against everyone.

[@danielseelye6005]

Equity = Knocking everyone down to the Lowest Common Denominator and calling it "Progress". 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@InspectorGadget923]

"We need diversity, which is why everyone must be identical!"

[@michaeldrago6999]

this boils down to valuing education - if you don't value it you wont pursue excellence in academics

[@lizbird9628]

Same scenario as Men asking why there aren't programs for them, in Stanford, while there are numerous for Women.

[@Jason_The_Man]

It’s absolutely insane. My daughter is of mixed race and took as many as she could handle and it had a huge positive impact on her college acceptances.

[@AnthonyRodriguez-zm4rc]

If anyone can sign up for Honors English classes with no testing required to qualify for this advanced English class, and black and Latino students elect to "not" sign up for these classes, where is the inequity?

[@Tjd1982]

Was in advanced classes until I skipped alot and was kicked out back to regular classes. My class was a huge mix of races, if you were above average and had the grades, no problem. The validvictorian at my school was a huge black man, he had a straight A's throughtout highschool. I partied way to much in highschool, and he was the man took me aside and said "Look Krakah, you have to calm down." I still remember his mish-mash of Tupac quotes. "I got a big mouth, I can't help it. I talk from my heart I'm real. Our future is our self-confidence and self esteem. Reality is wrong dreams are for real."

[@craz107]

There's no such thing as "one size fits all" in education On top of that, forcing every student through college prep when many students aren't even going to college is ridiculous. Schools push college way too hard these days and it leads a ton of kids to go to college when that's not for them. College isn't for everyone, plain and simple

[@VespoLiveGaming]

So making all classes "college prep" with the same standards as honors classes is, well, freaking stupid. Different levels of classes exist to cater to the speed and comprehension levels of different students. If you dump everyone in "honors" classes, either the more capable students are held back as the teacher has to backtrack and/or slow down foe the less capable students, or the less capable students just get overwhelmed and are allowed to fall increasingly behind- or, more likely, a little of both. It's unfair to everyone, including the teacher who has to cater to a far too broad range of skill levels. When everyone is special, no one is.

[@jamesmcdonald5026]

Thanks for reporting this.

[@travelnc2g]

My white nephew valedictorian straight A student was not allowed to give the commencement speech at graduation. They gave the honor to a minority never even mentioning his achievement at all.n She did not have straight A's. It was not a chance to compete for the honor, The prinicipal just decided. It was a 100 year tradition for the valedictorian to do the speech. This boy had a major scoliosis surgery and made up every minute of class time he missed getting a steel rod put in his back. He had perfect attendance for 12 years except for that surgery. This boy's achievement was not even mentioned. all for "radical diversity". they did not want her to feel bad... He became a doctor. Best revenge.

[@UncLester]

I'm sure preventing the younger generation from challenging themselves academically will only improve our future. Might as well cancel medical school too considering there is a low percentage of black and hispanic physicians in the US.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Leave people alone and let them succeed or fail as they are.

[@Tusk_Tact]

Duh, this is the easist path to "Equality". Take everydown to the lowest point on the graph

[@icybrain8943]

Taking the Harrison Bergeron approach to English class is incredibly ironic

[@Em022]

Skin color doesn't affect how well you do in school. It's all about how you apply yourself.

[@billmelater6470]

"The soft bigitry of low expectations." Thomas Sowell.

[@lesliecas2695]

One aspect of Advanced Placement Classes held in high schools is that the student gets college credit for them. That means it's one less class that the student has to pay for once they hit campus.

[@user-de2wv8ri8n]

I wouldn't pin the blame all on the school ... parents are apart of the problem too.

[@sherryward2018]

This started with George W. Bush and no child left behind.

[@sherryward2018]

@Lawofimprobability but it's where it started. Teachers stopped being teachers & became income producers in the way of federal dollars. I don't think most wanted to but everything about your school was a scorecard for money.

[@lynncherry3256]

Nate I think you are spot on !! What happened to logical thinking, common sense and hard work? Thanks Nate

[@floxy20]

If I was a teacher I would say: "Now class, in next week's math test I'll average the scores and everyone will get the same mark. So the slow pokes don't feel so bad. Study hard."

[@cratonorogen9208]

Something similar actually happens in some companies with promotions and increments. It’s called stacked ranking. I’ve had it done to me. I left shortly no doubt.

[@wanderingthemiddleground5283]

One size fits all never has and never will work I academics. This a HUGE failure.

[@Nanno00]

Have you see that movie “Idiocracy”? That’s where we are headed.

[@phayroent9742]

I Black and I was in AP English in my junior and senior year. I was in the top five scores for English both years - for the entire school. I got academic awards in Junior and Senior year that included scholarships. If someone would have taken that away because there wasn't more Black students in the class, I'd be insanely livid.

[@AtarahDerek]

What I got put of this is, if you're the most motivated black student in your class, and you get into the honors class, you are not allowed to be there because your laziest classmate didn't even try to get in. How is that equality OR equity??

[@debbyseltzercummins912]

Why don't we have the NBA lower the net by 9 inches so we can have more diversity in the game? Let me be clear: As a basketball fanatic, I relish watching men of enormous size move with the greatest level of grace and athleticism. Their rare stature is what makes the game enthralling. I could care less about the lack of diversity in the game. Lower the net, and you may broaden who can play, but I would never watch another game. Let EVERYONE find their island of competence.

[@aarona7024]

I think this is a smoke screen. They’ve hired so many “woke” teachers to the point of not having enough qualified people to teach these classes.

[@waynemorgan6153]

I like how praising and platforming the achievement of certain individuals is okay because it supposedly resonates with people of the same race and encourages them to better. Now doing this for other groups isn't desirable because the achievements of those individuals make others of different races feel inadequate. Can we stop pandering to the feelings of the lowest common denominator, meaning these people obsessed with race.

[@johnk3677]

This insanity is now the norm in my state of California- also have dropped honors math courses.

[@flyingiguana409]

this is how you get equity. bring everyone down to a lower level

[@cameronclark2202]

In England we don’t have honours classes but we have similar grammar classes or even separate grammar schools for higher achievers; these schools are still state funded so you don’t have to pay to go. It would be a travesty if these classes and schools were removed since it would take away opportunities for these students to realise their full potential. As in American high schools, the difference in academic achievement and also the behaviour of students is clear to see. For my first two years at secondary school I was in the top class that wasn’t grammar and even these were boring and had out of control students with no willing to learn; from that you can probably imagine how bad the students in the bottom classes are. I then moved up to the grammar classes, these classes were a joy to be in, all of the students were achieving A grades and the environment allowed me to push myself to do better. The students in these classes were the ones that ended up going to elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The push for diversity and equity will ruin our society, if we don’t allow our best to thrive then all of us we be worse off in the future. There is already a push in the UK to make grammar schools more diverse, this includes efforts to remove the test to gain entry to the schools; if you pass a test called the 11+ at the end of primary school then you qualify to attend a grammar school. Doing this will kill these schools as the excellent learning environment is created by the merit of the students and their willing to learn no matter their race or background.

[@Elong.]

You’re right on. The school should encourage kids to join the class.

[@Harbringe]

This is insanity, those students who go for honors are going to be impacted by that if they intend to go to college.

[@terriesales]

Great story Nate. I live in California and didn’t know about this. Maybe it reflects my lack of watching the news religiously, but this is another silly action commonly practiced in my state. Ugh!

[@nicholashenderson6941]

I'm all for equality, but I 100% equity. These people never think long term. This hurts everyone 10, 20 years down the road.