Seattle Public Schools cancels gifted program 'cohorts' for equity reasons

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-03 18:47:33 | Updated at 2024-10-06 20:34:46 3 days ago

Seattle Public Schools cancels gifted program 'cohorts' for equity reasons
FOX 13 Seattle ^ | 4/04/2024 | Hana Kim

Posted on 10/03/2024 11:35:13 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2

(This is an April 2024 article, relevant because the new school year has started in Seattle and the high school kids are being pulled out of advanced classes now.)

SEATTLE - Many parents within Seattle Public Schools are flabbergasted by the district's decision to shut down 11 schools dedicated to highly capable learners.

They include three elementary, five middle schools, and three high schools. The "cohorts" at these schools keep the students together so teachers can focus on their advanced needs.

There are hundreds of students learning at these schools, far above their grade level. .... Typically, these schools have more white and Asian students, and other races are underrepresented.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox13seattle.com ...

TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: publiceducation

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These kids are gifted in the manner they are learning at a speed and a degree years above their actual age. Instead of being challenged and given content at a higher level to help them academically excel, they will now be held back to standard classrooms with the standard approved content where their peers are. All in the name of "equity". Our best and brightest find themselves in the chokehold of DEI. You can apparently raise the lowest by pushing down the highest.

1 posted on 10/03/2024 11:35:13 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2

To: BBQToadRibs2

>> All in the name of “equity”

Communism

2 posted on 10/03/2024 11:44:13 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )

To: BBQToadRibs2

Our area has a gifted math program, run by the local state university. A rich alumni gifted a program for college professors to teach kids 7th grade through high school. By 12th grade, the kids will have finished college-level calculus, statistics, etc...

A child must test-in, but its open to ALL kids in the county - and its totally FREE

The fat, lazy, union-Karens running admin at our local school decided they would not promote the program to our local students. One admitted to me they couldn’t be bothered to keep a transcript of outside courses for the few kids in the program. Their public excuse was “fairness and equity.”

3 posted on 10/03/2024 11:46:28 AM PDT by PGR88

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