When I was young the teachers at our small rural high school coordinated a number of activities with the posh private school in Rockliffe Park. We noted that the students there weren't any smarter than we were, but also took note of the significant advantages they enjoyed, ranging from facilities, special activities, a progressive curriculum, and more. Our teachers made a noticeable effort to level this playing field, and to the extent possible for a small rural high school, it worked. This article is about these posh schools and the advantages they afford. I am largely in agreement with the article, except for one thing. At a particular point, the author argues that "if these schools really care about equity, all they need to do is get a chain and a padlock and close up shop." I'm not disagreeing. But there's a lot to recommend about some of the methods such schools employ, where "a lesson plan was not a list of points for the teacher to make; it was a set of questions."
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