Can some explain equity based math for me?

[malthaussen]

13. I imagine these things come in cycles.

When I was in high school 50 years ago, the district had just decided to remove all "honors" distinction from the class sections, even though they actually kept the classes for the advanced College Prep courses a bit harder than the others. (formerly, an "A" in one of these classes was worth more to GPA than an "A" in a lesser section) It was all about homogenization and not having anyone feel left out, inferior, or superior, either.

Seems as though they threw that concept away after a bit in the pursuit of excellence and AP courses. Now, perhaps, the wheel is coming full circle. But primary and secondary education are still cut-throat competitive in pursuit of ratings that will make them seem like "good" schools, as though education were a matter of a score on a test, and not the mastering of the material.

-- Mal