Inequality is Unacceptable

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Why are Expectations So Low?":

What lawyer is going to take on a case that a parent says:
my kid hasn't had any science in the first quarter
or
my kid has never been in a reading group
or
my kid doesn't get an $8 ELA workbook that other kids in the same grade in other schools in the district do
or
my kid is still doing Investigations math?

Unfortunately there is no legal basis for a school district to provide the same materials for every child. There is no legal basis to force teachers to use certain math textbooks even when they are purchased for the students. There is no legal basis to force teachers to include a certain number of science lessons in every quarter. There is no legal basis to make teachers form reading groups.

There should be a curriculum in all subjects in all grades that is adhered to by all teachers in all schools. There are enough chairpeople and administrators in place to work this out. It's time for the Board of Ed to take an honest look at what's going on here and to hold both administrators and teachers accountable and make the standards here to be as high as they claim - across the board in every class and every school. Every kid deserves the same chance of success not just those in certain classes or in certain schools. The inequality is unacceptable.

To blame low standards on adhering to the expectations of adminstrators is passing the buck - every teacher is responsible for setting their own standards. Parents know and request teachers who have high standards - reputations for really teaching reading or writing, or making sure kids learn cursive or math. There are many discrepancies from room to room and many gaps. It's all legal but district policy shouldn't allow it.