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[quote=Anonymous][quote]As has been said on DCUM many times before, the overwhelming majority of teachers are not able to provide enough in-class differentiation for it to make a difference. This is why schools need more robust support to get kids up to grade level, i.e. tracking, and/or additional reading and math labs beyond the core curriculum.[/quote]

You can put in reading and math labs beyond the core curriculum, but that is at the sacrifice of electives like art, music, tech, cosmetology, child care, electronics, auto shop, etc.---because this is a zero sum game. The students who are behind are "punished" because they are not allowed to take these fun and interesting courses that might play to their more applied abilities.  And, many of these students have been in those kinds of remedial classes for years with no huge increases in reading and math levels.  The applied classes may actually be just as effective in getting the kids to improve in reading and math.  And, the kids actually may be happier (but who cares about that).

How do you think these students feel when they fail the standardized tests year after year and are forced to go to remediation?  Many give up.  They HATE the tests.  Teachers spend inordinate amounts of time trying to "pump them up" for the tests.  They bring food, promise pizza parties, promise higher grades, whatever.  Principals do crazy things like dance on the roof if they pass.

But, eventually The students start misbehaving.  School has not been a positive experience for them. They try to get themselves kicked out of school because they feel like failures and want an excuse to save face.  They stop showing up to school mostly and then there is no hope for any teacher (much  less a great one) to "save them".

It's all a big downer and teachers are feeling very tired of all of it.  [/quote]

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