Schools across the nation, including those like South High in Denver Public Schools, are overhauling the traditional practice of having separate honors and regular courses — which they say leads to segregation — by putting all students in the same class.
Other symbols of the American South’s racist history have also decorated the school for decades. South High’s student newspaper used to be named “The Confederate” and a Confederate battle flag covered the school’s yearbook.
But that support, which costs money, isn’t there for every student and the gap between students has only grown during the pandemic as learning was disrupted across the U.S. “I’m Hispanic,” Espino said about why she took the course. “I wanted to hear more about my literature.” And starting next year, South High will make its embedded honors program unified across its four core subjects: English, math, science and social studies. None of these classes, which are mostly for ninth-and tenth-graders, will have honors designations, but every student will have the opportunity to earn honors credit if they receive at least a “C” in class at the end of the semester and show proficiency on the end-of-course assessments.
“Cramming students of different abilities into the same classes has forced teachers to simplify their instruction and make curriculums less rigorous,”
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