Confronting entrenched perceptions, schools have begun initiatives to enroll more poor, Latino and African-American students in Advanced Placement courses, which serve as an elite preserve within schools. From now on, students at the bottom of every class will be at the top of the list for any AP class they choose.
The incoming NYC head of the board of education said,
Mayor de Blasio and I have discussed this at length. He is committed to pushing students forward so why not start with those who need the push the most..our worst students?
The teachers union objected at first, saying that black students belong with other Blacks, Hispanics with Hispanics and Asians with Asians. But when told that the program included a provision for the lowest scoring teachers to become full time AP teachers, the union, “grudgingly” as the union put it, came around.
“The mayor is a genius,” was their only comment.
TPV contacted the in-coming City Hall Administration.
“The bottom line,” said mayor-elect de Blasio, “is that merit is too often oversold. And it leaves out those with no merit. It’s un-American and we won’t have it in my Administration.”
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Man, you stink and sting. Don’t know which one is worse. Bravo!
Nice, I liked this in particular : why not start with those who need the push the most..our worst students?
I suspect because of the mild shock one gets reading: “our worst students,” who would say such a thing?
Perhaps your writer meant to meant to write “our most still working towards satisfactory achievement student.”
One question, is an AP teacher one of those little programs people have on their phones, or an actual person teacher?
Can’t read too many NYT articles or they’ll want me to pay…