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[quote=Anonymous][quote]How does AAP lower the GE standards?  There is still differentiation in GE, isn't there?  [/quote]

I was commenting to the community problem poster.

It lowers the GenEd standards because the bar for AAP has been set, so they won't implement those things in GenEd classrooms.  Not the curriculum, not the extra teacher training, not the higher expectations of students, because then AAP wouldn't be so different.

There is damn good reason parents love the AAP program, it's because the education and expectations are better and higher.  That comes from the teachers and the curriculum.  That's something that should be in every classroom in FCPS, not just for some students, for all.

So yes, it very much lowers the bar for GenEd and in turn the majority of students in FCPS.

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No, you're just choosing a "glass half empty" interpretation.  You could just as easily say AAP raises the bar for kids who qualify and the Gen Ed bar is where it always is.  In any event, it's only for four years and then kids/parents can choose to raise the bar themselves by enrolling in honors courses starting in 7th. [/quote]

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