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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So your take is that every kid should be in the same class? What about kids who are way behind grade level? Should they just sit there and learn nothing or should they get extra help? I just don't understand the argument for putting every kid in the same class unless you want every kid to learn at the same pace as the least common denominator. What a waste of time for all the other kids who could easily learn much faster.[/quote]

Use a little common sense. No class --even AAP or GT (which really did have smart kids) is on the same level.  I taught for years where we did not track kids.  It is not that difficult to teach different levels.  Do you really think there is that big a difference from the bottom kid in AAP and the top kid in GenEd?

Sure, a teacher can work with kids who are way behind--and, with the kids that are way ahead.  Do you really think a teacher in the elementary school stands in front of the class and does direct instruction to the whole class all day with all kids doing the same thing at the same time? (Also, those who are struggling are likely getting additional outside help if they have an IEP.)

Here's another little gem:  kids do not always stay at the same "spot" in the hierarchy.  Some go at different speeds at different times.  A kid who is a whiz at math may struggle with language arts.  And, vice versa. 
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EXACTLY.  I have never understood why AAP kids are often advanced in math, but not in language arts.  Meanwhile, plenty of GE kids are excellent readers and writers, but on-level for math - so not placed in AAP.  It's absurd.  GT students - actual gifted students from when there was a real GT program - were gifted in all areas.  They were exceptional.  And there were very few of them.  The current AAP model is just bizarre.[/quote]

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