{"id":558506,"date":"2021-06-09T17:06:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558506"},"modified":"2021-06-09T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T21:07:01","slug":"elite-nyc-middle-school-tries-to-remove-advanced-math-classes-sparks-parent-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-nyc-middle-school-tries-to-remove-advanced-math-classes-sparks-parent-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite NYC Middle School Tries To Remove Advanced Math Classes, Sparks Parent Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felite-nyc-middle-school-tries-to-remove-advanced-math-classes-sparks-parent-outrage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lab-Middle-School-.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>An elite New York City Middle School attempted to remove its advanced math classes, sparking outrage among parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the New York Post, NYC\u2019s Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies\u2019 Principal Megan Adams emailed parents stating that the school \u201cwill no longer have leveled math courses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI know this is a change,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI assure you that this decision was not made lightly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maggie Feurtado, the former educator who created the advanced math placement test and curriculum, told the New York Post that she was \u201csimply appalled\u201d by the school\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is all in the name of equity. And it\u2019s likely coming from above,\u201d Feurtado said. \u201cBut it\u2019s misguided. Having everyone in the same class hurts everybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The teacher \u2014 who taught in the city for 17 years \u2014 said that the entrance exam assessed not just a student\u2019s knowledge of mathematics, but critical thinking skills as well. The elite middle school feeds into ultra-competitive high schools in the New York City area. She called on the school to shift its priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need to teach kids to get hungry,\u201d Feurtado said. \u201cThey need to understand that this is how they can get ahead, through education and hard work. This is how they can go places. Priorities have to change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Feurtado went on to say that nixing advanced classes not only hurts advanced students, but other students who need more assistance in the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s like not allowing any kids in a daycare to walk until all of them learn to walk. It doesn\u2019t work,\u201d she said. \u201cAdvanced kids don\u2019t want to belabor the same material. And the kids who need the extra attention won\u2019t get what they need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following feedback from angered parents and Feurtado\u2019s comments, Lab Middle School announced that it put the plan on \u201cpause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe will be holding community meetings where parents and educators can hear from one another, and school leadership can collect feedback,\u201d Adams said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A Department of Education spokesman told the New York Post that the meetings will begin next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLab Middle School prides itself on offering rigorous courses that best prepare our young people for bright futures, and no advanced math programs have been cut. Principal Adams will be hosting a series of community engagement beginning this Thursday to discuss course programming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Virginia Department of Education has also considered ending advanced diplomas state-wide in the name of \u201cequity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/virginia-may-nix-advanced-diplomas-in-the-name-of-equity\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><i><span>During a Zoom meeting, Virginia Education Department\u2019s Director of Policy Leslie Sale announced a newfound effort to review Virginia\u2019s diploma and graduation requirements, according to Fox News.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cThis is about \u2026 how and where graduation requirements can operate as a level for equity. So, first, we\u2019re going to start with \u2026 the possibility of consolidating the standard and advanced studies diploma,\u201d Sale said. \u201cHopefully, this discussion will allow us to think through how we maintain a rigorous academic foundation in a way that\u2019s really equitably serving the needs and aspirations of all of Virginia learners.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elite New York City Middle School attempted to remove its advanced math classes, sparking outrage among parents.\u00a0According to the New York Post, NYC\u2019s Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies\u2019 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279790,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lab-Middle-School-.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Elite NYC Middle School Tries To Remove Advanced Math Classes, Sparks Parent Outrage","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lab-Middle-School-.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Elite NYC Middle School Tries To Remove Advanced Math Classes, Sparks Parent Outrage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}