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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have an average or above average kid they will spend a lot of time on the iPad or own their own chilling.  There is no incentive to push kids to excel; there IS PUNISHMENT if the struggling kids dont improve, so where do you think the teachers will focus?

Its just how public school is structured; there is no benefit for the schools or teachers for doing better than pass the SOLs in higher and higher percentages.  Teachers would love to spend time with your high performing kid and teach them interesting things, but there just isn't the time or resources.

[b]The most important thing is making sure your kid is a strong and enthusiastic reader,[/b] so when they have all that down time they can just pull out a book and its not a complete waste of time.[/quote]

Absolutely nailed it.  My DD attended a school with a high ESOL population.  She ended up reading independently 2+ hours every single day at school, because the teacher was too busy to deal with the advanced kids.  It honestly didn't hurt her to be ignored and spend so much time reading.  If you have a kid who is not an enthusiastic reader or is likely to waste the copious amounts of free time they'll be given during the school day, being in a high ESOL class could be a disaster.  [/quote]
This is how it was for my daughter in an APS 1st grade class.  She was in a gifted cluster that was in the same classroom as an ESOL cluster.  Her group got very, very little attention.  Second grade was covid, so a disaster.  But third grade was a ton better.  Kids were better at working independently so the teacher had a lot more latitude to differentiate.  The kids who needed extra help still got more teacher time, but there was much more interesting extension content for the gifted/advanced kids.  Hopefully that holds true in 4th.[/quote]

What should we do for a reluctant reader who is gifted? She excels at math and writing, but if left to her own devices will happily stare out the window and doodle.  Doodling for 2 hours out of every school day seems... like a waste.[/quote]

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