A well-written piece. I don’t agree with all the points, but I’m glad you wrote and published it. A healthy and varied discourse is good for all of us.
Agree with most of this, but it would be interesting to see the data on which high schools offer more AP classes. It may be that the wealthier towns do, which would then make that point moot. More challenging would be the honors classes which rely more on actual all around intelligence, vs the memorization that goes along with AP studies. Class placement/academic class division (honors, regular, remedial) is an issue itself along the lines of grade inflation but that’s another story. Thanks for writing this piece.
A well-written piece. I don’t agree with all the points, but I’m glad you wrote and published it. A healthy and varied discourse is good for all of us.
Agree with most of this, but it would be interesting to see the data on which high schools offer more AP classes. It may be that the wealthier towns do, which would then make that point moot. More challenging would be the honors classes which rely more on actual all around intelligence, vs the memorization that goes along with AP studies. Class placement/academic class division (honors, regular, remedial) is an issue itself along the lines of grade inflation but that’s another story. Thanks for writing this piece.