What is it like being an alumni of a school that’s underfunded or neglected? Even if the school is “good” (as in well funded or private), does the learning environment reflect that? Also, the dark side of American schools (shootings) dampens peace of mind for parents since at any given moment some gun wielding individual can storm in murdering those inside (students, teachers, custodians, etc.)
I went to a well funded school district in an affluent part of the state.
It was standard practice in the state for the schools to separate out the “honors” students from the rest of the student population, to the point where PE was one of the classes with honors students kept from the main student body.
It was wildly apparent that students in the honors classes were treated with a lot more favor than students in general education.
Maybe in some ways it’s better, but being pushed to spend 4 hours a night on homework and encouraged to think it would be the end of the world if you get a bad grade on an exam really sucks.
when I went to school there was a big issue because accelerated courses gave 4 for a b and 5 for an A for gpa so even though the school technical ran on a 4 point scale it was essentially 5 point. So the issue was there was no accelerated gym and it was “ruining” their grade point average.
We had the +1 to gpa for honors/AP classes in my school as well. Our gym wasn’t given the +1, but the school made sure that our class was kept away from the general population.