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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest problem isn't students tuning into tech it's too many parents tuning out on their kid's education and expecting the schools to teach their kid everything, including manners. Too many parents are MIA. You deal with it all, teacher. I'm too busy doing me.[/quote]

My kid's K teacher wouldn't even read actual books to the class. Instead she would show animated YouTube videos about books. The massive screen in every classroom is a problem. My kid's behavior dramatically improved after we took away her iPad at home. Teachers should experiment with doing the same in their classrooms to the extent possible. Daily screen time in kindergarten is not necessary.[/quote]

It's the only way some of teachers believe they can offer differential learning.  It's hard to teach reaching when you kindergartners who don't know their letters and kindergartners reading chapter books, so they have the advanced readers read to Amira on their ipads and focus on the struggling readers.  I hate to say it's a good idea to create cohorts that young, but  unless you default to technology for some kids, how else can you teach a class of 20+ kids who are at very different places entering kindergarten depending on parental involvement and quality of preschool?   [/quote]

Teachers always had groups according to ability.  Some still do and my daughter’s teachers read books to the class until 5th grade.

We had groups and were organized together.  I was in all group 1s until 7th grade my math was downgraded to group 2, same it’s grade 8.  In high school I was placed in a slower paced 9th grade math based on groups.  I don’t think it’s tracking because you don’t always stay on the same track.  [/quote]

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