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Tracking is done in many places all over the country.  [b]Sorry, it does not deny anyone an education.[/b]  Many non-english speakers of asian decent are in the highest tracked classes.  No one is segregating here so go away with your nonsense.  All kids that go to public school get an education.  [/quote]

Yes, it does. This is an established fact. You are saying that something that is a fact is not a fact.

Also a fact: segregation.

And yes, all kids who go to public school get an education, insofar as they are going to school. But some get a good education, some get a bad education, and some get a very bad education.[/quote]

If tracking is segregation than so is ability groups.  So is getting pulled out for ESOL.    Lady, you are nuts.  [/quote]

She is trying to prove her opinion as fact.  Kids are currently put in groups based on levels.  If anything, the kids struggling need more than the quick 10 minute lesson.  [/quote]

There is an important distinction between within-class ability grouping with frequent reassessment, on the one hand, and tracking, on the other. A lot of people who were in the top track are nostalgic for the days of tracking.

What we have now in MCPS is within-class ability grouping, and DCUM purely hates it.[/quote]

I have one kid in the lower track and I absolutely hate hime being in a class with kids mostly smarter than him  He struggles daily and I would love for him to be with peers at his level.  Maybe lower ratios and more direct teaching would help these kids.  Right now he blows off worksheets because he is embarrassed.  And because he can.  No one is watching him or helping him.  Then he gets labeled as a problem child.  Very frustrating.  [/quote]

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