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Educational ‘Detracking,’ Explained

To close achievement gaps, more school systems are limiting course offerings for high-achievers.
Mission High School junior Jamariae Speed works on a class assignment reviewing linear equations, slopes and reciprocals during Dayna Soares’ Algebra II class at Mission High School on Tuesday, January 8,  2019  in San Francisco, Calif.
A student complete an Algebra II assignment in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

School districts across the U.S. are constantly asking how to close the gaps in academic achievement and opportunities among students.

More and more leaders believe the solution lies in “detracking,” the practice of integrating students of different academic abilities in the same classes in the name of “educational equity.” But such practices are meeting opposition.

Peter Gattuso is a former reporter for The Dispatch.

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