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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very interesting that kids in advanced Math and AAP Math can choose the same classes in middle school but there are AAP only tracks for  English, History and Science. 
Most kids good at Math will also be good at Science, but may not be that interested in English/History. I wish the Science courses get treated similarly to Math.[/quote]

This is honestly how they should do it in elementary schools. Kids who are good at math should get advanced math. Kids who are great readers/analytic thinkers should get advanced English/Social Studies. Everyone should get the same science, no advancements necessary in elementary school science. [/quote]+1 but the AAP parents would never allow it.[/quote]

If you do research into gifted education (which is what AAP initially was called and still is used for), that isn’t best practice. Gifted kids need to be in a class with like minded peers. Constantly switching classes for each subject like you are suggesting isn’t practical. And then they are stuck in class in science with kids who can’t read? Nope. Not gonna happen. [/quote]

I would love for you to find me other examples of program sas broad as AAP (which is absolutely NOT gifted education, hahahaha). FCPS is an outlier with this mode and it's not workingl.[/quote]

I am certified in gifted education from UVA so know exactly what the research shows. I don’t have the time or inclination to explain it to you. But yes, the FCPS program started out as a true gifted education program and meets the state mandated requirement for a gifted program.[/quote]

I really don't care what your degree is in. I think every single person on this board can agree that only a very small percentage of kids in AAP are actually gifted. I would say that 50% of them aren't even actually any more advanced than many of their general ed classmates.[/quote]

Ok but that wasn’t your or my original assertion at all. I said the program started out as a gifted education program and met the state mandated requirements for a gifted program. That is still true. The research also shows that gifted kids need to be in class with like minded peers. All of that is still true. So having gifted Larlo in a class with dumb as rocks Larla isn’t the solution.[/quote]

Oh, but due to the way the holistic process occurs you most certainly have gifted larlos in the gen ed classes with the below grade level kids. [/quote]

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