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[quote=Anonymous]Reading the argument above from PPs is frustrating to me, because I think you’re both right, but you’re also both missing part of the picture.

Magnet classes go faster than a standard class.  Even if a child starts with advanced subject matter knowledge, they need to have the ability to learn new material at an accelerated pace to keep up, or they could quickly become overwhelmed and fall behind.

Magnet students also need to have a foundation level of knowledge - no matter how smart they are, there are limits to how much they can catch up on, especially when their magnet class is proceeding at a faster pace than the standard level.

The problem is that resources for students who need more are so rationed that we end up fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.  What we really need to do is stop treating knowledge like a limited resource and restructure the program so that our children have the opportunity to learn as much as they want.  We even have a model to start from - high school.  Differentiation in high school includes options at the following levels:  remedial, standard, honors, AP/IB, and magnet school programs.  If every middle school offered both honors and the watered-down but still advanced versions of magnet classes, many kids would probably prefer to stay at their home schools.  I still think we need magnet schools for those kids who crave the extra intensity, and we probably need to open another magnet program, maybe two.  In fact, while I’m making my wish list, I’d like to see them structured so that magnet level classes are offered in all 4 core subjects so the kids don’t have to choose, and enough funding to allow a block schedule so that magnet kids can have both language and music classes if they wish. [/quote]

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