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[quote=Transplant_1]I have one child in 7th grade at Deal, another in a NW DC public elementary school (7th grader went there as well.)

The older the kids gets, the more important "peer cohort" is important, and more important it is for schools to differentiate with general ed, honors, etc.  The less differentiation, the more kids are not served, those on the "lower" level and "higher" level.

Also, what I've found most important is that there is nothing for my kid to "reach" for.  He is a middling student who cares and knows school is importnat, is compliant, but doesn't love school.  But he has no "external" signalling system guiding him on what and how to do better.  In other words, he's NOT in a general ed class, looking at the honors class, and saying "i want to do that."  Also, there's nothing for me as a parent to say "this is what you need to do, to be in honors next year."

So there's no structure or system for us to "grab" onto, to figure out what to do.  Also, from what I've observed, I think it hurts the school and the school system, bc it then they themselves are not disciplined / have no structure / system to provide the teaching, rigor, support needed for each level.[/quote]

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