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I don't disagree with this generally, with a child new to a CES this year, but notwithstanding what some say on this forum, the CES classroom is filled with really bright, generally enthusiastic and motivated kids.  That makes a lot of what they do in class work.  One could replicate that in the larger ES's and MS's by simply tracking kids, but nobody, apparently, wants to do that. [/quote]

Nobody wants to do that because it's bad for all of the kids who are, for whatever reason, in lower tracks. Research has established this over and over and over.[/quote]

I get that kids on a lower track for whatever reason need great teachers and great curricula. What I don't get is why their needs should come before the needs of kids who can perform on a higher track to do so. It doesn't make sense to me to hold back better-performing kids because it benefits other kids. The better-performing kids have just as much right to get their educational needs met.

If anyone were to flip the paradigm -- let's not track because it's better for the higher-performing kids at the expense of the lower-performing kids -- people would lose their lunch.[/quote]

It's not "kids on a lower track need great teachers and great curricula". It's "tracking harms kids on the lower tracks".[/quote]

OK, [b]well what about "not tracking harms kids on the upper tracks?"[/b] Again, why is it OK to slow down the higher-performers (who can and do get bored and turned off when classes are too slow, materials are not challenging, and teachers have to spend their time with the kids who need more help?[/quote]

The answer is differentiated instruction, not tracking.[/quote]

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