Following a trend seen also in the Boston and New York public schools, magnet schools in Philadelphia, as reported in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, will
mov[e] away from a system where principals have influence to one that relies on a centralized lottery and, at some schools, favors students from historically under-represented zip codes.
As Sabriya Jubilee, the district’s director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, explains
“As a district, we have made a commitment to being an anti-racist organization… we recognize that there will be people who are uncomfortable, but we’re leaning into that discomfort, and we’re going to do what we need to do to do right by our schools.”
But here’s the part I don’t understand:
Some schools will ask students for a writing sample that will be scored by computer.
Scored by a computer? What problems are we solving by letting computers score essays?
Perhaps we should also…
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