> Even if you’re a blank slater who believes ability is evenly distributed, and a pure egalitarian who sees any demographic imbalance as injustice, even then, why destroy programs that benefit some children?
Because the benefit of one is the disadvantage of somebody else. Same coin, different side.
(That's not my argument, but I believe it is the argument on which this is based.)
> This is one of the few mainstream policies I can’t understand from the other side
A more even society may be a goal. Scandinavia in the 80s did a lot of that, left high performers in school hanging. For good or worse.
Because the benefit of one is the disadvantage of somebody else. Same coin, different side.
(That's not my argument, but I believe it is the argument on which this is based.)
> This is one of the few mainstream policies I can’t understand from the other side
A more even society may be a goal. Scandinavia in the 80s did a lot of that, left high performers in school hanging. For good or worse.