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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not acceleration that most kids need. It's being in a classroom without distracting behavior form 25 kids. We need, 15 kids per class, behavior issues managed, moved out etc. My kid was in math 4/5 this year and it's been amazing. Not just for content but because all the disruptive kids were not there and they could focus as a class and do something challenging all together. Kids will rise to high expectations but then there needs to be accountability for kids and parents when they can't manage to learn in a classroom without disrupting others. And I mean serious damaging disruption like yelling, throwing items, walking around, throwing things. All happened in my kids classroom last year and in years previous. [/quote]

Distracting behaviors are the one thing that could be focused on with the greatest knock on affect on classroom achievement. The problem is the county focuses on the wrong data. They worry about the number of referrals and suspensions instead of how safe the other students feel in the school/ classroom and how conducive to learning the classroom environment is.

If a new principal comes into a school and behavior data increases, they are dinged and watched instead of given space to try and make a difference in behavior. The data will have to increase initially as the student code of conduct is actually enforced, but if done fairly it will decrease as the student body learns that these behaviors are unacceptable. [/quote]

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