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Reply to "Why the aversion to grouping kids based on ability rather than age? Thoughts from down under."
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[quote=Anonymous]"There is a belief that smarter kids learn from the slower kids " how so? I can see the reverse being true, but don't see - educationally at least - how having slower kids in the class helps the smarter kids at all. The reverse I think, actually. While I can recognize the problem with #2 and agree that it is somethign that would need a ton of attention to ensure is not the case, I think that w/o grouping you greatly increase the pressure on middle class families in more mixed neighborhoods to forego their local schools entirely out of a desire to have their kids w/ a similar educational peer group rather than in a class where the teacher has to spend inordinate amounts of time w/ those that are educationally slower or starting off at a disadvantaged level.[/quote]
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