More on the bizarro world of Cambridge schools. Now it's the Globe's turn to enlighten and instruct us. Per its usual standards, the Globe starts off with a misleading header: A wealthier influx shuffles classroom seats. It turns out that by "wealthy" the Globe and the Cambridge School Committee mean a pupil who can pay for his lunch.
Then the Globe reports - with a straight face - that this "influx"(of course, the Globe gives no figures) has occasioned a debate over "controlled choice" pupil assignment. Should the desired mix remain at 45 % poor and 55% "wealthy" ? Or should it be changed to 35% - 65%? Should the permitted variation from this norm be plus or minus 10% or plus or minus 15%?
And if you think that the manifest absurdity of this debate might occasion the Cambridge school elites to reconsider their "kid counting" scheme, think again. The article ends with these reassuring words by the Cambridge School Superintendent:
"...there is no chance that we will eliminate controlled choice."
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