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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With APS high schools averaging 2,200–2,700 students, I’m curious about the reality of the student-teacher connection. If a teacher is responsible for ~150 students (with classes of 22–30), how well do they actually get to know individual kids?

Specifically, for quiet students or those with inattentive ADHD, is teacher follow-up proactive, or is it mostly handled through automated gradebook alerts?

[b]Also, I’ve heard about "school-within-a-school" cohorts—do these clusters keep students and teachers together for all four years to ensure kids don’t get lost in the shuffle?[/b][/quote]

I have no idea what that is and have not experienced that. Most teachers do not teach 4 different classes (e.g. your physics teacher is not also teaching chem).[/quote]

I had a “school-within-a-school” cohort in the IB program 25 years ago.  Basically, the Pre-IB and IB kids were kept together for all 4 years…I think there were about 50 kids in each grade.  The teachers mostly only taught IB and Pre-IB classes, so my 9th grade pre-IB history teacher was also my 12th grade Theory of Knowledge teacher.  My 11th grade IB US History teacher was also my 11th grade Economics teacher.  There were some exceptions, but that was the general idea.  With the exception of 9th and 10th grade electives, we didn’t take classes with non-Pre-IB or IB kids.  I really liked it.  The school had about 2,000 kids, so it was nice being a part of a smaller group.[/quote]

Cool for you 25 years ago, but that has nothing to do with the state of APS now. [/quote]

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