“Seattle Public Schools has decided to press pause on dismantling its dedicated advanced learning program, which is a bit of welcome news.
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“It’s never been clear how eliminating a program at the top will translate into a boost for anyone else.”Fast forward to today: It didn’t. It instead contributed to enrollment declines in the past five years (Asian enrollment alone has dropped 17% since 2019). There’s been no improvement in academic outcomes to date for any group.Parents say some schools took the equity drive so far as to effectively ban lessons above grade-level.
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