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as c't t.
& B ;t, w'e n'ced rAot p!t exc'Ience aganst equityt.oacheve academic, ocin.z3t:' i and
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.As noted b ninny h isoria., die modh m taie of
Aincri can dlia'etion is onc of a. pedih,-n sW' 'Ngin}
Mo-.een, com_.em'_.s about excellen_.ce an:d tWoe
about ceqity. Thc Sputn m b momn'. eataly ced worries
a'bouL eroding exedlenee, specialy in math and
science the CMii Ru/ ]its M-ovemaent and the Great
R* makJed. the begnn f i oder xefe
movement; and No Child Left Behind took us
back to Cquo t----or wh.at AEFs I'ccedcick M. H-ess
called 'kic'ievement gap mania ----o cc again;
'To be sr, we need ot Qk Cx:.'.eCIK aga i ist
crq0' y. 'Is ;oftn Gau ' nr askcd long ago (K~dU awered
in the i alfirn>a'yve), 'Can we be equal, L and exclient
roo ' Aer a thre are reahns nhere they ovrlap,
niost .:, on eat -tt rto 1 addri.:ess what somce
lhae c' lcd 'th<e excelenee gaip-
Le sN (e c ': ConsCrwtives slodht Ic t
the cause of ergot. indeed, much oftc eeiry for
w'at were cnce concidered education
retCo'ra8Cr mestK .,.t12e L .,II0YIsC to C(, ..itght I'ypOS
kids, The mnotive beind htuh- cp ea., i cSC'
eniartcr se cic t l rc 'h -etefornii op urbai
. .. . .... .... o -ooc : .... ..C) . _'~ c tc.ccd'se :
Caho.ioc schoob.; and rigoro--us Proven tead.-Iing
mcntods was a ha mlfehi conce' v icu1, 1o1 it, ',
injust'ice, and he desire for kur cout;-c to i.e up
to i s t Q3vding crecd.
But 1 et's k t rretend tce are not t-d' le-o-.
too. '- Liany niatters of policy and .r.ic .. c .cellenee.
and ejuAt are in tension, if not actual ,onftlic.
(Co'nsider, fior instance, thc scarcest resource in
out schools: teae].-c.' time and attetion S]-cl/h
that be allocated equall ' to c ccv c.ld Or pfiofltized
rbm I D', acre blitchid? (:c rI,,', v , itgh
rocket aread We can assueir t ha'.: progrs'si'ves
1511 aiways take tlae eq-1) it side (except pe rhiap
vhet-, seeking the best for thheir Or,. childrcn) ' So
if conscrvit'cs donft n-t'i.ic. exectI :- a priorv.,
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