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[quote=Anonymous]I am hearing mixed messages on how different schools are dealing with math acceleration and grouping. Several parents at our school want to approach our principal who is not the most approachable principal. I was hoping that if others had some good examples and wouldn't mind sharing their schools this could help us address this constructively.

In 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade as parents we are seeing kids only get a few extra problems marked as enrichment on a few worksheets. There is also lots of repetition. Its sporadic and seems to be more time driven. A few kids are instructed if they finish early to go back and work on their reading or writing assignments rather than do enrichment. The enrichment problems and materials don't look deeper than the original ones. The teachers have said that this is all they have and a few have agreed off the record that it isn't much. We generally like all the teachers and don't think they are the problem here. When parents have brought this up to our principal that there is no regular grouping and everyone is doing the same work the principal just brushes everyone off and says "Its deeper. "  She has also said that changing the curriculum isn't up to her and its just better so we should go away. (Clearly not in these words but the message is pretty clear.)

We've seen statements on-line that the board of education and even Starr have said that 2.0 doesn't mean acceleration is gone and that acceleration and grouping is at the discretion of the principal. Are they just lying or do we have a problem with our principal? If its a local issue, how are other schools dealing with this? [/quote]

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