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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5704255" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/ms-447-seeks-a-name-change-due-to-many-failed-math-tests/[/URL]Student math scores at The Math &amp; Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn have tanked 26% since 2018. The system’s “solution”?<a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/nyc-school-dropping-math-from-name-as-students-scores-in-subject-tank/" target="_blank">Change the name</a> to The Exploratory School.&nbsp;&nbsp; That’s right: District 15’s Community Education Council unanimously voted to eliminate MS 447’s STEM-focused moniker, rather than address the reasons why it was failing at its mission. Because the drop was a direct result of the CEC’s 2018 decision, engineered by the de Blasio administration, to&nbsp; <a href="https://nypost.com/2018/09/20/de-blasio-kills-admissions-standards-to-diversify-brooklyn-school-district/" target="_blank">scrap selective middle-school admissions</a> across the district in the name of “equity.”&nbsp; So a school that once served higher-achievers suddenly faced admission by lottery, and a large influx of kids unprepared for more challenging work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5704255, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/ms-447-seeks-a-name-change-due-to-many-failed-math-tests/[/URL] Student math scores at The Math & Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn have tanked 26% since 2018. The system’s “solution”? [URL='https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/nyc-school-dropping-math-from-name-as-students-scores-in-subject-tank/']Change the name[/URL] to The Exploratory School. That’s right: District 15’s Community Education Council unanimously voted to eliminate MS 447’s STEM-focused moniker, rather than address the reasons [I]why [/I]it was failing at its mission. Because the drop was a direct result of the CEC’s 2018 decision, engineered by the de Blasio administration, to [URL='https://nypost.com/2018/09/20/de-blasio-kills-admissions-standards-to-diversify-brooklyn-school-district/']scrap selective middle-school admissions[/URL] across the district in the name of “equity.” So a school that once served higher-achievers suddenly faced admission by lottery, and a large influx of kids unprepared for more challenging work. [/QUOTE]

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