Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Segregation of High School Students

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Minister Ronald Thwaites’ statement on the high school placement of GSAT students ignited a long standing concern.  After many voiced their opposition against placing students at high schools in their communities, the Ministry of Education issued a statement to reassure that the standard placement procedures would continue except for those unassigned students. The ministry’s statement indicates that the easy way to deal with the matter is to continue the age old problem of segregating students in schools based on their intelligence and family income if applicable. There seems to be no solution that will allow all high schools to share in the enrollment of a wide cross section of different learning abilities within the student population. The unacceptable placement practices create continued success of students at schools that are deemed to be superior to other schools where high standards are not considered the norm. If we want all students to have an opportunity to succeed then a better solution is needed than relying on the current high school placement practices which continues to be a disservice to so many children.

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