Steve’s Barking; To bring equity to NYC schools you need inequality

 Oh no, not again. Stuyvesant high school is again in equity with so few black and Latino students coming into the incoming class. Now I’m saying that we of New York City should not look at the immediate future. Stop trying to integrate greater numbers, black, and Latino students into the elite high schools next year or in the next 5 to 10 years. We have to train all the students to be able to pass the stringent entrance exams that the schools require. The way to do this is by not having all school districts in New York City get the same amount of money. We should use much of our monetary resources for tutoring those who want the tutoring. We cannot, in all likelihood tutor, every student who wants it. We can tutor on a select basis of income. How do you even that might not be equal. There might be more students or at least their parents who want their child to be tutored. Because we of New York City have a finite budget, we cannot tutor all those who are deserving of tutoring. We might just have to have a lottery for tutoring. Now part of the tutoring would be how to take entrance exams for select high schools. Hopefully, in less than five years, this would bring equality to elite schools, where the percentage of black and Latino students would equal to the percentage of the population that they represent in the city school system. The New York City school system cannot continue. It’s foolish chasing of integration of the city school system by legislation. This has been one of the biggest failures that the city school system has been doing for over 60 years. This is what is known as insanity, doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

The purpose of any school system is to teach and bring out the best in the students. Now I’m not naïve enough to believe that every student is going to achieve an education that brings out the best of their ability.  I do believe that in order to achieve a higher level of equity in the school system we have to treat students on an unequal footing. Giving more emphasis to those who are from a depressed household.

The Tudors would if they have student debt, the city, and possibly the federal government would help relieve that debt.