You have to lock the serfs in their place.
The NYT is racist for saying blacks and Hispanics are stupider than whites and Asians. Boycott the NYT!
Straight out of Harrison Bergeron.
Teaching to the lowest common denominator.
I hope De Bozo is successful in this effort. I couldn’t think of a more effective strategy to chase Asian immigrants away from the Democratic Party.
This is going to be Great, 1972 all over again, That’s when Busing started in Los Angeles
Next is when the Asian kids dominate the New York State Regents and AP tests those will be banned too.
The gifted programs are BS. Beethoven and Mozart were gifted. The typical kids in these programs are brighter than average, but in no way gifted. What they really are is a way to implement a limited form of tracking, where bright kids are in the same class with other bright kids and the dumb kids are with other dumb kids. The idea being that teachers can explore more advanced material in classes full of bright kids while slowing down with classes full of dumb kids.
Note that black and Hispanics are NOT denied access to the gifted program if they show academic success and promise.
Also note that not all white and Asian people are in the gifted program either.
Nope - DeBlasio is demonstrating what communism actually is.
You cannot excel - you must be part of the herd.
That is the exact opposite of what should be happening.
Raise the bar high, if you want students to reach and make an effort. If there is no standard to accepted achievement, there is no achievement at all, only babysitting, brainwashing and bullying for daring to have an independent thought.
brazilian education professor paolo friere introduced the concept of critical pedagogy to the classroom with his book “pedagogy of the oppressed” (1968). basically it advocates all teachers teach all subjects from a critical theory, class based perspective.
from this, other educators introduced the concept of equity to teaching. equity means equality of outcome irrespective of economic background or other factors.
I say eliminate all public schools and let the churches of these communities educate the kids!
"Teaching and learning are so intertwined that it is impossible to separate the two. . . . I don't think teaching takes place until learning occurs. . . ." - Sy Fliegel (formerly East Harlem High School)
You will probably see the ‘airbnb’ equivalent of a school all over NY soon. Small private schools that meet daily and maybe once a week at the local museum.