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JustABozoOnThisBus

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1. I don't understand the objections ..

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 08:24 AM

Jun 2013

... it's just a form of affirmative action. It'll give some with less-than-stellar history a chance to compete and grow. And it'll bring diversity to the elite schools.

I don't much care for the use of essays as admission criteria. The students who actually write essays are competing against those who get essays from professionals, or their parents, or from the intertubes.

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What Happens to Special-Education Students in a Landscape of 'School Choice'? [View all] xchrom Jun 2013 OP

I don't understand the objections .. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2013 #1

Do you understand what "special education" is? LWolf Jun 2013 #3

"School choice" is opening up the rift between the haves and the have nots GreenEyedLefty Jun 2013 #2

You're describing non-choice cities Recursion Jun 2013 #4

That's what's in place here, at the moment. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2013 #5

A state legislator tried to even it out a bit this year. MissB Jun 2013 #6