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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't some FCPS schools have AAP in Gen Ed?

AAP is just an academic program.  Is the selection process for kids needed? does it add any value?

Why not have AAP across all of FCPS and challenge truly exceptional kids with differentiation by their own school teachers (based on their specific needs)? [/quote]

Do you know how hard differentiation is? I’d love for you to try it! Get 30 kids, create a lesson plan, and then create separate lessons for all those who need it. Then do that for every class every day. [/quote]

Teaching to the lowest standard is not the answer.  AAP is what gen ed was when I was teaching.  [/quote]

Not a teacher, but I think today's parenting styles and teaching models don't make differentiation any easier. In an era when kids were taught to sit still and do their work it had to have been easier.[/quote]

+1 I taught before and after the smart phone. The difference in student behavior was noticeable. If classes had been like this when I student taught, I would have switched careers.

In addition, I can’t stress how much extra everything rich parents throw at their kids. No matter how we try to bring everyone up, there are parents prepared to spend thousands so their kid is the best. You can’t teach 25 kids at the same speed as a kid being tutored even twice a week. I’ve tutored myself, and the pace is much faster because the curriculum can be customized to the individual student. It’s like putting two cars in a stock car race, but giving one of them a custom engine. [/quote]

I don’t think most parents pay for supplementation to get their kids ahead. Yes, some do of course but IMO, the bast majority do it either help their child catch up or because they think the education their child is receiving is lacking in important things.

Personally, we are not rich but since last year I have been paying for supplementation, especially for L&A. I will keep it up even when things go back to normal because I now know how weak is FCPS L&A curriculum. Maybe it gets better at the MS and HS level? But for ES is weak.

IF I were rich, I would have sent my children to an excellent private school in a hot second. But Alas, we can only afford expensive supplementation for two children.

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