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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]09:57 You get ahead of yourself.  Teach these kids how to read, write, speak in proper English and perform basic math tasks and then get back to me with Latin, geography, art and music. [/quote]

Actually, teaching "these kids" how to read has a lot to do with background knowledge and vocabulary, which comes from knowledge and exposure to history, geography, science, literature, art, music, etc.  I have actually taught this type of curriculum to DCPS students in SE, NE and even Upper Northwest.  All students benefit from an enriched curriculum.  Struggling students make gains in reading while high achieving and gifted students thrive on this type of program.  The idea that low-performing students should be put on a strict diet of skill/drill basics while high achieving student should get the good stuff is not only inequitable, but also self-defeating.  It simply doesn't work.  How do we know?  Because that's what we've been doing in DCPS for years.[/quote]

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