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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so tired of parents thinking that 35 kids in a class twenty years ago is the same as 35 kids today.

NCLB has forced every behavioral child, every child multiple academic years behind, and many children with zero English in one classroom. This was not how it used to be. We used to have newcomer schools to help kids acclimate to new countries. We used to have self-contained classes for kids over 2 years behind. Kids with large behaviors (overturning desks, kicking/hitting kids, temper tantrums in class, etc) used to need to go to the principals office or go home. Now the teacher is expected to handle all of it while meeting everyone’s needs. And then add to that all the special snowflakes with demanding parents.Today’s 35 is not comparable.

OP- are they dividing the class up for math and reading? I know sometimes they leave huge homeroom classes but have a plan for instructional blocks which is really helpful. However, if there are 35 kids for math and/or English I would complain to the school board. That’s not acceptable![/quote]

Actually, you do make some really good points. I was the first person to say I had a class of 35 in public NY school, but I do recall there was a class in our grade of about 15 for the slow/badly behaved kids. NCLB totally sucks. Those kids who "aren't getting left behind" are just lost in a regularly-paced class at best, and interrupting the rest of the class constantly at worst.[/quote]

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