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The proposal, submitted by the Task Force on the Potential of Students, would abolish "tracking," or the placement of students in all classes according to their academic ability. The task force aims to upgrade the difficulty of most classes to the "accelerated" level to ensure that all students are reaching...
"We wanted to move to a system where all children are great at something," said Reeves.
The task force, chaired by Reeves and Larry Weinstein, vice chair of the school committee, also suggested two other proposals, involving parents in theplanning of their children's plan of study andpromoting "equity of education" to improve theschool's attention to student needs.
The task force has met monthly for the pastyear and worked with the Harvard School ofEducation in an effort to refine specificproposals that aim to develop the potential of allstudents. The committee is composed of Reeves,school committee members, school administrators,teachers, parents and students
Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 referred to Walsh'sbehavior as "the pre-election something." Wolfsaid she was outraged that Walsh was holding upcity business "for his own game and his ownpurpose."