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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Return to on-level, honors, and AP classes.

I was a pretty bright kid with undiagnosed ADHD and an undiagnosed processing disability.

When I was a student, I did poorly in honors chemistry and pre-cal and wasn't recommended to take AP or honors physics or AP calculus the next year.

I took on-level physics and I learned so much. It was the right pacing for me, which boosted my confidence, and I got As. My friends in honors/AP were having a harder time.

I also took math electives to fulfill my math credits - including a semester business math class. Which has been one of the most useful classes I've ever taken in my entire educational journey.

We need more differentiated options for kids to meet them where they are.[/quote]

I don’t see it as a problem at the high school level at our school. Our (admittedly large) high school has lots of differentiation. What other than Algebra 1, World History, and English doesn’t have a regular and honors version? And there are two AP English classes for 11th and 12th and unique to our school, higher than honors English for 9th and 10th. Sciences and most Social Studies have regular, honors and AP. Math has multiple tracks and levels. I guess languages don’t start honors until level 3 but it’s a little differentiated by choosing whether you start in say 6th grade or 9th grade. Which schools are not offering multiple levels of core courses?[/quote]

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