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[quote=Anonymous]I think this has nothing to do with the curriculum and everything to do with pacing for a general ed class. I have used CKLA for homeschool and the suggested pacing is very rigorous. I'm now a teacher and the inclusion + differentiation they ask general ed teachers to do is impossible. All these pre-packaged curricula include differentiation instructions but implementing them is extremely time-consuming. Yes it's worse for a teacher who has to spend so much time learning how to teach a new curriculum but even without that, true differentiation requires you to juggle way too much. And considering the fact that teachers get so much pressure to increase test scores, they have to triage and students who are already at high achievement will come last.

As far as what you can do, I have no answers! It really, really sucks. The only thing I can say is be an absolutely PITA to your school board and get them to go back to pull-outs or just do something to differentiate in a way that doesn't burden teachers. Point out that gifted kids also deserve a school experience that isn't miserable, especially since the current theory in education (a theory I agree with) is that giftedness is a neurotype and those kids tend to be overly-sensitive. They deserve accommodations just like all the other kids. [/quote]

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