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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was the year 2000.  But that just proves my point.  Many ideas and reforms aren't novel new ideas, they are updates/reboots/refined versions of older ideas.  So flexible groupings were the status quo in the 80's to 90's, the pendulum moved away from that.  We then saw things like balanced literacy and "new" math.  Things seem to move further left with the equity focus, etc.  Are we starting to go back towards the center?[/quote]

So last century.

Flexible groupings are far more equitable than AAP. 
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PP.  Yes, I agree with you.  It worked when I was a kid, things started to change when I was in college and hopefully things will swing back that direction.  I like the very small GT for those who really need it.[/quote]

DP.  Agreed.  I'm the poster who grew up in FCPS when there was a tiny GT program.  No one resented those students because it was clear they were ACTUALLY gifted and needed a separate program.  Everyone else was put into flexible groups depending on their level, and no one was locked into any one group.  Students can improve and move up, or receive remediation, depending on their abilities in each core subject.  That was the way to go.  [/quote]

I was also in that tiny GT program and I teach for FCPS right now. The dynamics of the current classroom wouldn’t support that type of program anymore. There are kids, in one classroom, at seven different math and reading levels. To be able to put students in the groups that they “should” be in is essentially illegal nowadays.[/quote]

Let's say there are 6 classes per grade and they switch for ELA and math. That provides 6 levels right there for each. You could do small groups for the kids who need further differentiation. 
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Maybe I’m missing something but at the end of the day, don’t all students have to take the SOL. And isn’t acceleration inequitable. Won’t these groupings have to ultimately converge at the same place by the end of the year.[/quote]

If "acceleration is inequitable," then what do you call AAP?
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DP.

What do I call AAP?   Soon-to-be-cancelled, that’s what.

The prior School Board was equity-obsessed, and the new one seems just as unbalanced.

Their number 1 priority is equity (not academics).  And they also view AAP as “inequitable.”

If your child is currently in AAP, your best move would be to look for a private school as soon as possible.[/quote]

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