Johnson made a campaign promise not to do so...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Board of Education are following the lead of other major cities and eliminating gifted school programs in the name of achieving greater racial and social "equity." Eleven "high-achieving selective-enrollment schools" will be eliminated, according to Chicago Board of Education CEO Pedro Martinez, to reduce "stratification and inequity."

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https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/19/achieving-equity-through-mediocrity-chicago-moves-to-eliminate-high-achieving-school-programs/

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Logos Stick said:

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Love to see it. Libs essentially committing suicide.

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They'll just send their kids to private school. They will ensure that their kids never have to deal with the consequences of their own policies.

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Assuming this increases private school attendance that may well be the point.

It reduces the overall number of students while not reducing tax revenue (thus saving money) and further reduces the cost of running these additional programs.

Call me cynical, but this sounds like cost cutting in the guise of "social justice".

and maybe the saddest part of all...

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Payton College Preparatory High School 2023-2024 Rankings

Payton College Preparatory High School is ranked #10 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college. Read more about how we rank the Best High Schools.
All Rankings

#10
in National Rankings
#1
in Illinois High Schools
#1
in Chicago, IL Metro Area High Schools
#1
in Chicago Public Schools High Schools
#59
in STEM High Schools

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https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/payton-college-preparatory-high-school-6604

Gator92 said:

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and maybe the saddest part of all...

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Payton College Preparatory High School 2023-2024 Rankings

Payton College Preparatory High School is ranked #10 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college. Read more about how we rank the Best High Schools.
All Rankings

#10
in National Rankings
#1
in Illinois High Schools
#1
in Chicago, IL Metro Area High Schools
#1
in Chicago Public Schools High Schools
#59
in STEM High Schools

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https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/payton-college-preparatory-high-school-6604

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The mayor was probably targeting this school. 41% white ; 22 % Hispanic ; 22% Asian ; 9 % black .

Nothing like striving for mediocrity

Not a new thing.

When I was a freshman in inner city Houston in 1983, I was in "major works" advanced college prep classes.

My sophomore year the major works program was eliminated because some bureaucrat figured out there was too high a percentage of white students in those classes.

So instead I was put in the classes with the guys who couldn't read.

Gator92 said:

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Johnson made a campaign promise not to do so...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Board of Education are following the lead of other major cities and eliminating gifted school programs in the name of achieving greater racial and social "equity." Eleven "high-achieving selective-enrollment schools" will be eliminated, according to Chicago Board of Education CEO Pedro Martinez, to reduce "stratification and inequity."

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https://jonathanturley.org/2023/12/19/achieving-equity-through-mediocrity-chicago-moves-to-eliminate-high-achieving-school-programs/

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Nothing like admitting out loud that there is a difference in learning abilities within certain groups.....so let's just dumb down everybody.. in the name of racial and social justice...........brave strategy Mayor Johnson.

Comal ISD is building a "gifted and talented " campus on US 281 just north of FM1863 ......wonder about the racial and social consequences of that decision...

Gator92 said:

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and maybe the saddest part of all...

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Payton College Preparatory High School 2023-2024 Rankings

Payton College Preparatory High School is ranked #10 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college. Read more about how we rank the Best High Schools.
All Rankings

#10
in National Rankings
#1
in Illinois High Schools
#1
in Chicago, IL Metro Area High Schools
#1
in Chicago Public Schools High Schools
#59
in STEM High Schools

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https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/payton-college-preparatory-high-school-6604

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Something makes me think that if the school really is this good, some benefactor or private entity will step in to try to keep it running as a private school with the existing staff and facility.

Only if they change the percentages around of blacks/whites.

Maybe NFL/Bears, but teacher union probably wouldn't allow it.

If I were Payton's heirs, I'd ask the district to rename it to Brandon Johnson HS...

**** equity as a rationale for policy. Tired of that garbage leftist rationale to strive for mediocrity that harms everyone, and in compounding fashion over time.

Gator92 said:

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Eleven "high-achieving selective-enrollment schools" will be eliminated, according to Chicago Board of Education CEO Pedro Martinez, to reduce "stratification and inequity."

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Guess the goal is to have low-achieving non-selective-enrollment schools that will continue to have stratification and inequity (because life isn't fair and impartial - sorry). Some people are great at singing, others aren't. Some are great at math, others aren't. Some are great at reading, some aren't. Some are great at sports, some aren't. You can continue saying this about just about everything in the world.

Trying to 'level' the playing field will only result in punishing the high achievers and the over allocation of resources for the low achievers. That then ultimately lowers the achievement of the social collective, but I guess that is what the Left wants.

Rapier108 said:

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Make as many of them as possible stupid, dumb, and uneducated.

That is how Democrats like their voters.

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That's how you establish a dictatorship.
1. Make kids stupid
2. Put them on welfare as grown ups
3. 52% of population on welfare
4. Implement dictatorship.

Liberals think the only way to achieve equality is to eliminate differences in the educational rigor. Aren't differences by definition the basis of diversity? The way I read it is that you can have equality or diversity, but these concepts are mutually exclusive.

But yeah, you'll achieve equality. Equally uneducated and equally unprepared for adult life.

SunrayAg said:

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Not a new thing.

When I was a freshman in inner city Houston in 1983, I was in "major works" advanced college prep classes.

My sophomore year the major works program was eliminated because some bureaucrat figured out there was too high a percentage of white students in those classes.

So instead I was put in the classes with the guys who couldn't read.

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From inner city Houston to Sunray TX? That's got to give you a broad perspective of, well... just about everything...

In all fairness would anyone know if a gifted program in Chicago schools went away? Not sure they're a leader in gifted and talented programs.

It's a great policy.

Now, you too, can be a mayor.

The only way to stop this equity nonsense is to apply it to all groups being represented equally based on local demographics. I would like to see an NBA team that is forced to have 2 white people, 1 asian, 1 hispanic, and 1 black person. That would make for some fun theatrics.

All of the higher education institutions and companies hanging their hat on DEI are going to enroll, drop education standards, and employ these underachievers to meet quotas.

Idiocracy is turning into a documentary.