The 14th Amendment provides that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The Equal Protection Clause focuses on individual persons not groups. It protects equal opportunity for each person without regard to race, ethnicity, or gender, not equal results for any particular group. Nellie Bowles, writing in today's Free Press, reports:
"School districts across the country are taking their cues from San Francisco (where eighth grade algebra is banned) and dropping advanced courses in the name of equity. More often than not, this is a way to discriminate against Asian students, who have excelled wildly in just about any educational venue that offers unbiased, test-based entry."
Bowles continues: "Equality is saying anyone can test into the advanced math class if they hit a certain score; equity is saying there is no advanced math class anymore."
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