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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the principal is closing the achievement gap by ensuring the top students hit the ceiling as fast as possible.  If thebonlybdiscussion is on bringing up the slow kids what’s the point of honors?  At this stage kids can either do the work or not. Demand more parents or stop supporting the achool.[/quote]

OP here - my question was how has this worked?  I think it would be helpful to consider that answer before assuming the worst and “demanding more”.[/quote]

My oldest is at Deal but I[b] heard the Principal on NPR with other academics that research points to all the kids benefitting from this model. The high achievers needs are met while kids at the lower end learn more with support (initially) and develop much better confidence and self esteem[/b]. It is problematic that so few minorities end up in advanced classes. [/quote]

The bolded part sounds like a bunch of nonsense.[/quote]

dp: I, too, am skeptical about this.  Some people seem to think that “meeting the needs” of high achievers is that they end up with above-average grades, not that they are actually hiven any attention and are truly challenged.[/quote]

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