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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This separate but equal portion is as divisive as the academies and the comprehensive students that are at Wilson.  It causes resentment and it starts with the teachers.  I have been around a long time, the notion of the haves versus the have nots is prevalent.  Why hell, the DCPS cluster school employees resent the mess out of the DCPS central office employees.

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Wilson and its academies have not cornered the market on teacher and parental resentment in DCPS.  I'm sure just as many (if not more) non-Wilson parents resent the fact that their advanced learner isn't allowed to receive appropriately challenging education vs. Wilson parents that resent that some Wilson kids get more challenging instruction than their kids.

And I'm sure many non-Wilson teachers resent the fact that advanced learners will often get so bored in grade level classes that they act out and become disruptive.  I've seen this happen at Brent in the lower grades and I'm sure it happens at middle schools that are unable to provide advanced level classes.

Splitting kids into groups may cause some resentment, but I can't believe it is any more than is generated by not providing advanced instruction classes.   If my kid doesn't end up in the highest level math group, I am not going resent anyone for that, as long as my child is getting appropriately challenged. And better to have those advanced kids in their own classroom rather than make things even more difficult for the teacher and cause confusion (and maybe even resentment!) to those kids just not ready yet for that level of challenge.[/quote]

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