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Actually many PPs did.  [b]The main reason why magnet classes are able to go fast and deep simultaneously [/b]is because the students are all at one level in terms of ability and preparation.  There are definitely some kids who are outliers but for the most part these kids are all in the top 5% of students.  If you have several cohorts in one class, the teacher has no choice - he or she has to go a little slower, cover less material, cover it at a lower level and the assignments will not be quite as challenging.  
We are basically having an argument about ability grouping - there are some parents here who say it matters and that it is one of the main reasons they are willing to support their children going to a magnet program and there are other parents who say it does not matter.  
The selection process to get into magnet programs is all about forming a cohort of high ability kids who both need and can handle a very challenging and rigorous course of study.  RM's move is one more sign that MCPS is moving away from this in which case they need to be upfront and tell parents of prospective students what is going on. [/quote]

[b]These are IB classes. Same pace, same material.[/b]

Now, how about evidence that the actual comprehensive kids in the actual IB classes at RM are ruining it for the kids in the application program? Not that it's possible that they might -- that they actually are.[/quote]

Please try to get a good understanding of what magnet education mean. Magnet math, or magnet science follows the same math and same science curriculum, but different in depth and material. Anatomy & Physiology in HS and Anatomy & Physiology in Med school are not the same. IB is a philosophy. A IB Biology class can be taught many different way to different level of audience. Its not the same pace and not the same material. Comprehensive kids are not "ruining" it for the application program kids. Its is the adults mistake to think one of these two group do not deserve to be taught at their level. It is impossible to prove what you are asking without a controlled experiments over a very long period and that kind of experiment is not fair to either set of kids.[/quote]

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