I’m interested in your reaction to The Atlantic article.
Now, I don’t know if it is true or not. Or how big an issue it is.
But why would you say it is “ridiculous” that schools that are in prestigious areas, with families and kids focused on getting into top colleges would potentially be inflating grades in a way that schools in a different area may not?
It certainly recasts the old trope of the white kid with a 4.0 who didn’t get in while the minority kid with a 3.5 did. Maybe the white kid and the minority kid worked just as hard, were just as smart and dedicated. But maybe the school the white kid attended practiced grade inflation. So now…the two kids are actually on par academically when adjusted for grade inflation.
Certainly an interesting discussion to be had.