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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always found highly educated DC parents to be remarkably blasé about the lack of tracking and differentiation in DCPS. It is a pretty outrageous system that does not come close to meeting the needs of advanced students.

Our Capitol Hill MS has advanced math tracks, but puts all the kids together in every other subject. It is absurd, and it’s not good for the advanced learners to be in class with kids who can’t keep up, nor for kids who need a slower pace or more help to have to share teacher’s time with kids who are way ahead.

Unfortunately, we lost the lotto. [/quote]

Tracking is a good thing, not a bad thing. It's like not the kids don't know who's smart. When I was their age, all the kids knew who was the smartest kid in class and who was the dumbest and who was pretty smart but would outwork anyone and who was smart but incredibly lazy and who was perfectly average. [b]It's no secret to the students which kids belong where. It's the parent's feelings and political leanings that are the problem. [/b][/quote]

Underrated comment. I agree with this -- kids don't mind (in our DCPS elementary school, they pull the kids into different groups based on their ability for math and reading, everyone knows the hierarchy, and no one minds). The city is uncomfortable with it, and the parents will bring their insecurities in, too. [/quote]

Kids may not mind but most parents would throw a fit if their UMC child was in the lower groups.  They seem to have a hard time recognizing their kids are average or below average.  Thus they either push administration to move their kid up or use outside means.  It doesn’t work as well as you think.

The worst part is when that kid gets accelerated and then cannot handle the harder work and the parents are in denial.[/quote]

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