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California moving to eliminate honors classes at the high school in the name of racial equity. the school district passed a resolution last week that said african american and black students are consistently underrepresented in gifted and talented education programming, honors and key courses. went on to write that last year opportunity gaps led to over half of the district's african american and black students not meeting the state's english, language arts standards and not meeting the mast standard. parents agree that achievement gaps are a problem. but they also say eliminating classes for ...

Well when they do go in the ap courts. >> other districts have removed honors classes. some have reversed course after parents pushed back on the moves. honors courses reinstated in san diego, rhode island and wisconsin. here's one parent that led the charge to get honors classes back in the big apple. >> they were trying to close the educational gap between the lower students and the higher level students. because they had a problem raising the floor fast enough. they were trying to lower the ceiling. >> martha: and the new york city parents were successful in getting honors classes back. now...

Up on the fringes of the american dream and not have a living and future that they should. >> bill: true on that. wow. in the meantime honor students are losing their honors. there is a push now, bill, various school districts in the name of equity to go ahead and get rid of honors classes. one paragraph out of the "wall street journal" today. school district doing away with honors classes argue students who don't take those classes from a young age start to see themselves in a different tier and come to think they're incapable of enrolling in advanced placement classes that help with college ...

Culver city, california, is cutting all of its high school honors classes because they say there are not enough black and latino students enrolled. this week, parents lined up at a school board meeting to express their frustration. >> honors classes under the university of california system -- competitive advantage to students in the college submission process. >> give more students more opportunities, not less choices. >> provide an onramp for underrepresented groups to taking ap classes in the future. >> meanwhile, there were protests, as governor ron desantis hinted me might drop ap courses...

Rachel: yeah. pete: -- freedom literally buzzing around -- rachel: the sound of freedom as we speak. pete: let's go ott the other coast of our country, los angeles, where we talk a lot about the left's endless pursuit of equity. not equality. very different words. if you don't know that e by now, you're not paying attention. equity means everybody gets the same. which means if you're up here, you must come down. will: right. pete: so when it came to honors classes in los angeles in one particular school district, i believe it's the culver city unified school district, in order to make sure eve...