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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I reading this correctly, that in North Carolina they mix honors and regular classes in the same classroom?[/quote]

For certain classes/schools, yes, this is what they do. In this particular school, the Honors kids basically get harder assignments. So, for example, in 9th grade, you can get Env Science regular or honors in the same class. But the smartest science kids get put in
Biology so they are separated. To be in Biology, you have to have taken 9th grade math in 8th grade. And be put in 10th grade math honors, which is separated. But if you are in 9th grade math, then regular and honors are the same class and you are going to get Honors Env Science or regular. ELA is the same class for regular and honors no matter what. The only AP class in 9th grade is SS. Regular SS, you have honors and regular in the same class. For this particular school, it has immersion kids for multiple languages, so the immersion kids start off in Level 5 of the language.

Other than ELA, most super smart kids are going to be separated. This is why my kid wants to do the AP US Gov class even though she only got recommended for honors. She knows it will be tough for her, but she also believes she will be much happier in a class where the kids care about school. Since she will be in Honors 10th grade math and Bio, she will only deal with the heterogeneous groupings for ELA, PE/Health and her electives — which for her are all in the arts and those kids tend to actually care about the arts even if they aren’t super academic.

Truthfully, AP US Gov may be sort of a disaster for her — although I don’t think she would actually fail. She will be totally shocked to go from all As to a C. But, I’m not going to stop her from trying. She is smart. She just has inattentive ADHD and the reading and writing will take her forever.[/quote]

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