"The sorting instinct seems part of our DNA, that tribal primate urge to know where everyone is in the pecking order...[It] is too often adopted by educational gatekeepers as an excuse for not doing their jobs, which is to teach."
Sorting Children Into 'Cannots' and 'Cans' Is Just Racism in Disguise Jay Mathews in the Washington Post
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