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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP what school is this? I'm asking as a parent of a rising k.

Do they differentiate learning at all in the younger grades? Or tier classes by abilities?[/quote]

I'm not the OP and can only speak to our experiences at George Mason. In kinder, there was differentiated learning. Mainly in reading.

There is no tiering of classes by abilities at any grade. There is the rapidly fading TAG program but I wouldn't count on that being around for a rising Kinder.

Once you get into the upper elementary years, it depends on who you get for a teacher. There are teachers who won't help kids who are ahead or behind because they say it isn't equitable. That's been going on at GM for a bunch of years. I don't know if that happens at other schools. The current and last principal don't/didn't seem to have a problem with that approach.  My kids never had homework and after kinder, work was never sent home so there is really no sense of what they are working on. And it's hard to pry information out of kids at that age.

You really need to figure out teachers who still differentiate and do what it takes to get your kid in their class. [b]Start cultivating relationships in central office now. Don't be shy, with ACPS (and likely all school districts) the more you are plugged into sports, PTA, Alexandria politics..you can get special treatment of all kinds. [/quote][/b]

But don't do any of this loudly or publicly. ACPS doesn't like to be questioned even in the mildest terms and if you speak out, it will negatively impact you and your child. [/quote]

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