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[quote=Anonymous]There are several factors at play here. This has been mentioned before but Least Restrictive Environment has been taken too far. As a result it is not only restrictive to the student with the IEP, it’s restrictive to the others in the classroom. The home school model should be expanded to have resource rooms, one for k/1, another for 2/3 and 4/5. Some kids need more intensive support and reource rooms allow the flexibility to meet the needs of each student.

Another factor is exposure to screens at too early of an age. It’s screwing up the wiring in our kids’ brains. I see too many two and three year olds that don’t know how to be bored or entertain themselves and the nonstop screen time is creating little monsters.

We also need to bring back play based kindergarten and preK programs. This doesn’t mean we totally abandon literacy and math skills, but we’re pushing too much at too young of an age. We used to have half day K, and when they went full day had a rest period/nap time. The long day is too much for five and six year olds, and then add the extra time those kids spend at before and aftercare, some five year olds are at school for 10-11 hours. Kindergarten should be about learning social skills (expanding beyond preK), problem solving, learning to identify and manage feelings. We are creating a generation of anxious children that lack coping skills.

Finally testing needs to be streamlined, while an individual student’s assessment may take 15 minutes, many in the primary grades are administered individually resulting in teachers not being able to give instruction the appropriate attention. No child left behind started this craze and it has been detrimental to the learning and well being of our students, the benefits do not outweigh the costs. Teachers should not be taking hours of valuable instructional time each grading period to administer assessments. 
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