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[quote=Anonymous]And pity the poor, novice teacher of 9th grade algebra who is given, as I posted above, and amaga-mesh of websites, lesson seeds, and Guiding Principles and is told to create a lesson plan that will meet the needs of all their students, including those who don't speak any English, to master the required objectives.

Meanwhile the one way kids really ARE very different is in terms of what foundational skills they have already mastered in their subject.  9th grade algebra teachers are supposed to be able to teach algebra even to students who still haven't mastered basic computation, fractions, decimals and percents.   Instead of being able to sy "These kids aren't ready for this class" they need to pretend that they are able to remediate for lagging skills PLUS teach the concepts.... and they are supposed to have lesson plans to cover all contingencies -- it is nonsense.   Writing lesson plans won't solve the problem which is that the kids don't have the skills they need and require direct instruction in their lagging skills (which requires a separate course or summer school or tutoring, not elaborately written alternate lesson plans)[/quote]

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