It is true that such requirements are being used to discriminate
against minority students whose high school lack the resources to offer
calculus. But I would certainly place the availability of calculus high
on my list of what constitutes an effective urban high school
curriculum.
My point in raising this is that making it harder to graduate from high
school will only drive more young people out and that valuing one kind
of knowledge or special interest over others makes schooling biased and
inflexible.
When, like ED Hirsch, someone says no one is educated who hasn't studied
_blank_I see elitism and an attempt to close down diversity.
Ken_____________--
Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
fax 520 7456895 phone 520 6217868
These are mean times- and in the mean time
We need to Learn to Live Under Water