Black mom opposes lowering standards for diversity sake

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A Cincinnati mother of two told Fox News Digital that she is against any consideration of her kids' college preparatory school lowering academic standards in order to increase diversity.

"So what problem are you trying to solve is really my question. To say we're just going to solve the problem by lowering the bar doesn't solve the problem. It doesn't solve the issue," Sylvia Nelson, a participant in the Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) and Local School Decision-Making Committees (LSDMC) at Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), told Fox News Digital.

Nelson, whose two kids attend the college preparatory Walnut Hills High School in CPS, said that the issue is that the district is not educating the students as is needed to provide options for students.
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"I just think the resources need to be focused on really making sure that the parents feel like they have alternatives and safe places and quality education for their kids beyond elementary school. And Walnut Hills is not the only place that can happen, it can happen in these other schools," Nelson said. "I think that there could be more done to make sure that our kids are prepared for the rigor of a college preparatory school."

Nelson’s comments came after district leaders discussed the process of admitting students and the possibility of lowering academic standards during a school board meeting. After the meeting, Nelson told a local news outlet she was "insulted" by CPS' discussion.

"As an African American parent, I'm insulted because I don't believe standards need to be lowered for African Americans to get into Walnut," Nelson told local news outlet WKRC on Monday. "It was under the auspices of having more African Americans at Walnut Hills."
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Fox News Digital previously reported that average math scores saw the largest declines ever across every state, dropping five points for fourth-graders and eight points for eighth-graders from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation's Report Card.

Reading scores dropped to levels not seen since 1992, decreasing three points for both grades in two years and revealing significant proficiency setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lower standards are not the remedy for students who are underperforming.  What is needed is a way to incentivize students and parents to do better in order to have better opportunities.  Putting students in an environment they are not ready for puts them further behind.