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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our teachers are not good enough to differentiate to the variety of abilities in one, overcrowded class. Sorry.

If classes are capped smaller and we hire better teachers, sure, this works.[/quote]

It's not a question of better teachers in my view. It's that the county/state/whoever expects teachers to invent the differentiation themselves rather than saying: "here's the main curriculum & how to have the kids practice it, here are the extra supports for kids that aren't getting it right away, and here are the extension for the quick kids that need something deeper". It should not be on the teachers to invent things all by themselves but that's what happens and that's a big part of why differentiation in math isn't going to work - because teachers don't have time to invent all these extra things that the county should be providing to them but doesn't. [/quote]

Exactly, and not providing extra curriculum supports means that kids are going to have wildly different experiences in practice because it will be solely based on the school's grade-level team or individual teachers to implement.  If they're going for everyone having the same experience in math class, this is not the way to do it.

I also disagree with PP on the "better teachers" thing - it's not hiring the good ones, it's getting rid of the bad ones that is the big problem.  Can them and hire more like the ones who are good at their jobs.  There are plenty of good teachers in the system now, but they're being chased out by jerk parents who lump them in with the crappy peers they can do nothing about, the pay that means they can't buy a house in their own district, and ideas like VMPI that not only put too many kids in their class but now want them to differentiate instruction for all 30 of them.[/quote]

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