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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depending on the size of the classroom 50 kids is totally do able especially since the idea of whole group direct teaching is going by the wayside- Yes it would take sometime to teach the children how to work / or rotate through the groups/workstations but if it is as said experienced teachers in the classroom then it should be no problem other than the noise created by active engagement.  
If there are also two student teachers and an aide then each person could have a small group to teach directly and work with for one area say One person does word study another does guided reading group or two could do guided reading groups and so on with so many people and resources in the room the needs of the children certainly could be met and with the use of the small groups the academics could be differentiated as well.[/quote]

Yes, this is beautiful.  But not one instance of differentiation has been offered by any parents defending this, the principal, or the teachers, as reported on what they said at back to school night.  This could work in a classroom of 18 kids or a classroom of 50 kids - you're describing classic small groups and differentiated curriculum - and it's progressive educational practice.  It's just not what's described as happening.[/quote]

PP parent here.  If you are a parent with a kid in the class, please refer to the memo the teachers sent out on the second day of class that talks about their approach to differentiation.  The even use this term in para 2, fyi.  For the rest of you, you just don't know these teachers.  Excellent teachers make the difference.  I prefer this hands down to a mediocre school with a "good" teacher presiding over a class of 20.  But, I don't have an ADHD kid.  [/quote]

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