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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no way public school can be everything to everyone.  [b]Either we need to fight for more tracking[/b] so that teachers have more homogenous classes, or we need to accept that the highest kids are going to be bored.  It is impossible for teachers to give 5 levels of readers what they need, and it's not fair that we ask them to or everyone is going to get haphazard, watered down instruction.

If you want your kid to get exactly what they need (looking at you, kindergarten borrowers reader), you need to homeschool.  That's the only realistic way that can happen.[/quote]

Well, yes, more tracking would obviously be better for all kids, and for teachers. But it was done away with because it wasn't equitable, and it's apparently more important that school be equitable than that it deliver the best possible education.[/quote]

But I think it can be done equitably with some foresight.  We can't track forever, but if we would be okay with 1st grade teachers dividing and conquering (For reading, Mrs. A gets level 1 kids, Mrs. B gets level 2 kids, flip for math) then teachers only have to create two levels of workshop lessons instead of 4.  Every quarter they can reassign kids to groups based on progress they made.  Don't force them into advanced math or remedial writing for a whole year or a whole education, but for 9 weeks?  Ugh.[/quote]

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