There should be equal access to advanced programmes. If your grades meet the criteria or are within the top x students for x places them you should get in.
The problem is that too few low-income students meet the requirements for AP or Honors-level classes.
The problem is
not that the classes use an application process and that there is discrimination in admissions.
Yes I realised I was wrong. Well at least I wad only right if prior to that students had equal access. I am low income so I forget that the fact I had a good education offsets the income a lot for my kids. I can't always send them to stuff but I can discuss science and maths.
Eta. Although in the case being discussed it did sound like the decision was not made on grades.
I have always thought it would be fun to insist all sports teams be made up of an equal mix of low, middle and high performing players. Surely if it is beneficial in academics it should be beneficial in sport?
