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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Very true. The one Teacher who responded saying that in class differentiation was possible then posted an example of higher level readers being given more independent reading to do, while the Teacher works with the struggling kids, because they are capable of it. Well, yes but that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t have equal time to discuss what they are reading with the Teacher.

If anything came out of last year it is how true the idea that differentiation doesn’t happen is. We watched as our kid twiddled his thumbs while other kids were pulled into small groups with the Teacher and other specialists. We saw that he finished his work and the bonus work and then read independently while the Teacher worked with other kids. If you think that parents are not aware that this is happening in the regular classroom then you are crazy.

I have no problem with getting rid of the Centers and having Local Level IV programs. The number of kids being accepted into AAP who are ahead but not advanced is pretty high. The Principal Place kids in local level IV are not that different then the above average kid who is able to be selected into AAP by the committee. The real difference between the Centers and LLIV is probably that the parents who are sending their kids to the Centers are more involved then the parents who are keeping their kids at the base school.

The AAP class gives kids who are ahead a place to go and learn at a faster pace. A kid who is a genius is going to be bored at the Center or at a Local Level IV. Most of the people I know who were desperate to send their kids to a Center school where at a Title 1 or near Title 1 school and wanted to move away from kids whose parents were not as involved and who started further behind. I doubt that the people clamoring to keep Centers are our of McLean or any of the higher SES areas in the County.
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I'm the teacher who posted that.  What do you think they do when you bring the group together to discuss and question. They get face to face time.  I am pretty sure I also mentioned that we would work on the more advanced skills.   You think I'd just assign and leave it at that?  Sure, the struggling kids might get more time face to face--that doesn't mean your brighter kid is getting shortchanged.  You think there are not struggling kids in an AAP class?
Also, do you really think every child in an AAP class gets the same amount of time every day in small group instruction?  [/quote]

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