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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The schools are required to educate the ESOL students who are slowing down the classrooms. Actions have consequences. [/quote]

I grew up in a pretty low-income area and attended public schools.  There were plenty of ESOL and other low-income kids, or low-achievement kids, in our school district.  We were tracked -- meaning that students were grouped in to classes based on their academic level, so that smarter students would be in "track 1" and could learn material that was challenging and do so at an appropriately challenging and demanding pace, while "track 2" and "track 3" and "track 4" etc. would each work at their own respective appropriate levels.

It's pretty simple.  You don't have to teach everyone to the lowest common denominator. [/quote]

What does this have to do with anything?

When I was in school they were allow to separate out ESOL and those with learning disabilities but now they aren't. So everyone is stuck in the same class - and yes that means they are teaching to the lowest denominator. There should be some differentiation in the class but there is such a wide gap between some students that this isnt practical in the classroom. My kid has had someone in the classroom who showed up without speaking a single word of english. There is no way teachers can give everyone what they need in this type of environment.[/quote]

Why aren't they allowed to do something as basic as group kids by academic ability?  Who says they aren't allowed?  As far as I know, this is a decision by FCPS -- nothing more.[/quote]

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