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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The public schools in a different metro unofficially do sort kids a bit, to put the top kids in one class and bottom in another. They will vocally deny this is what they are doing. (Some parents have figured it out - usually by volunteering at their kids' school.)[/quote]

Our school seems to sort by distributing most of the problem kids to experienced teachers. Add most of the kids to balance gender, race, and numbers. Then they spread out the top kids.

I think I’d rather be with more experienced teachers even with more troublemakers. I noticed the new teacher this year got a couple troublemakers but then all the rest of the boys were quiet rule following boys who have already learned all the material expected for the grade. I was happy because I thought they would be able to get more done with fewer disruptions. Well, new teacher is unable to challenge the top kids. She doesn’t have any incentive to do so, since these kids already do above grade level math and can read well.

Last year we got lots of updates and I sensed the amount of differentiation the experienced teacher was able to provide. Despite the troublemakers, my kid was given more advanced books to read, math challenges, and was encouraged to write extra drafts.

Classes overall would be a lot more productive if 3 or 4 kids were taken out for part of the time. 2 are kids who throw things, run around the class, eat glue, shout out, and generally keep the teacher’s focus on tamping down mayhem rather than on educating minds. 1-2 kids are not badly behaved but are way behind grade level, as in they can barely read much beyond simple cvc words. These 3-4 kids would probably be better behaved in a small group and be able to work on remediation to catch up in math and literacy. Do schools not do pull out, push in work anymore?[/quote]

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