| my school is a prime example of what GA is trying to improve with this; the majority (read: 90% of students at my school) are underachieving minorities. unfortunately, most students that take APs just take them to have APs on their transcript (ie, they dont really put forth the effort that is required for APs). thats not to say that all students who take APs dont care, its just that most dont.
with most of the socioeconomic issues with minorities beginning at education (they usually cant go to good schools without living in a good area, they cant live in a good area without a good job, and most good jobs can only be acquired through education), i dont know what else a school system could do to fix the situation if their solutions only work for a small amount of students. |