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Does anyone have any backstory for why elementary schools Don’t have these classrooms as we were told they would?[/quote]

DEI and logistical issues, but primarily DEI.  As a parent of a non-AAP AND AAP students (both likely borderline and almost equivalent in skills), I both love the clustering model and hate it at the same time.  For my non AAP child it provides an opportunity for my child to have peers to look up to, and the teacher provides the "extra" aspects to all students who can handle it such as my child.  However, the program seemed watered down (maybe it's just my expectations as I don't have an example of a full time program), and the teacher was still spending the majority of the time with underperforming children, while the higher end of the class was largely learning independently or from eachother.  For example, my child consistently says that when he asked for help, he's directed to another student because she is too busy with other children.  [b]Not a BAD approach, but I'd not think it's optimal for learning either, and feel bad for the 3-4 students who are constantly being asked to teach instead of learning[/b].[/quote]

As a parent of one of these kids, I appreciate you recognizing this! But I think it is a bad approach for these kids - it's really hard to have normal social interactions when you are a mini-teacher in the classroom. I support local level 4 but it requires staffing up so that all kids get the support they need, including "level 3" kids who deserve to get as much of the level 4 content as they are ready for.

Mixed classrooms work fine if there are more teachers: the point is not to segregate the AAP kids, the point is to get them time with teachers instead of making them teach themselves. Centers with giant AAP classes have similar problems with kids teaching themselves, btw. It's an unmet staffing need no matter which model you choose.[/quote]

If its any consolation, there are others in the classroom who come to my child for help as well.  I would equate it to a more Montessori learning environment.  Again, to your point, not optimal from a furthering of the top end of the class, but I wouldn't say it has any poor social implications as it's normalized broadly.[/quote]

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