Agreed! ETHS is in quite a bind, it seems. They get a lot of kids entering in 9th grade that are not high school ready --not even close. And what’s coming their way may be even worse in that regard than they can even imagine (given all you’ve written about and more in d65). At the same time, ETHS is out there touting itself as a leader i…
Agreed! ETHS is in quite a bind, it seems. They get a lot of kids entering in 9th grade that are not high school ready --not even close. And what’s coming their way may be even worse in that regard than they can even imagine (given all you’ve written about and more in d65). At the same time, ETHS is out there touting itself as a leader in AP Curriculum and is recognized as increasing BIPOC AP participation in significant ways. And at the same time per a recent Daily Northwestern article 77% of the white student body is taking an AP class and for Black students it’s 20-22% and for Latino it’s 38%. Not great. And, finally, at the same time we’re hearing more and more about grade inflation being at an all time high and rigor being at an all time low at ETHS. So, what’s a school to do if they see all of this; the proverbial writing on the wall? Time to throw spaghetti and see what sticks?
Agreed! ETHS is in quite a bind, it seems. They get a lot of kids entering in 9th grade that are not high school ready --not even close. And what’s coming their way may be even worse in that regard than they can even imagine (given all you’ve written about and more in d65). At the same time, ETHS is out there touting itself as a leader in AP Curriculum and is recognized as increasing BIPOC AP participation in significant ways. And at the same time per a recent Daily Northwestern article 77% of the white student body is taking an AP class and for Black students it’s 20-22% and for Latino it’s 38%. Not great. And, finally, at the same time we’re hearing more and more about grade inflation being at an all time high and rigor being at an all time low at ETHS. So, what’s a school to do if they see all of this; the proverbial writing on the wall? Time to throw spaghetti and see what sticks?