[Nomadeon]

And the effect will be the opposite of the intent - now only students wealthy enough to afford private tutoring or that have a stable enough home environment to self-study can pass AP exams. Wonder what races those students will be?

I'm admittedly talking my own book, having come from the lower end of middle class. I was also the runt of the litter and at the bottom of the social pecking order. Students of all races enjoyed looking down on me to feel better about their own situation.

I retired from working for other people at age 40. I credit gifted/AP courses in 8-12th grade for a significant portion of that. Did my racial background still advantage me? You bet. I had a stable home environment and low crime neighborhood.

Perhaps we should focus on how to offer children stable home environments and low crime neighborhoods.

[Freedom2]

> wealthy enough to afford private tutoring

I can't speak for other cultures, but non-wealthy first generation Asian immigrant parents consciously and constantly sacrifice their own well-being to afford tutoring and extra curricular for their kids.

[readthenotes1]

The children of immigrants for all races do much better than the norm in the United States on just about every measure.

[hilux]

That's certainly what I experienced at Lowell High, a San Francisco "test school."

I recall that in my AP Chemistry class, 100% of the students were Asian. Nothing kept non-Asian students from taking the class, except the desire to work hard and be there. (The other section had at least a few white kids.)

[jinushaun]

I grew up poor and took AP classes. What does money have to do with it?

[Nomadeon]

"...or that have a stable enough home environment to self-study"

[winrid]

I lived with friends throughout the last year of HS because my BPD mother kept kicking me out. I still took AP classes...