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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tracking kids early leaves some kids behind FOREVER. My kid is gifted in math. Does he need to be in a separate class. No he does not. Public schooling is not for every snowflake. It's for ALL kids. For once can you broaden your circle of concern beyond your own child?

No?

That's your problem. Not the state's. Grow up.[/quote]
Forcing dumb kids into the same class as smart kids means the dumb kids grow resentful and the smart kids grow bored and have their potential stunted.

The result of this will be parents with means moving their kids into charter or private schools. Those without the means will be stuck with the dumbed down curriculum and peers for their children.[/quote]
Both my kids are in advanced math and I hope this doesn’t pass but damn PP calling kids dumb.  [/quote]

PP actually illustrates why I don't want my "dumb" kid in a heterogenous class, other than the fact that they will get less instructional time in a wide-spread class.  (And they're not actually "dumb" - we've spent a small fortune on educational testing, and they're actually above average intelligence but have a processing disorder that interferes with classroom performance.)  It's not just the "smart" kids who will be disgruntled by my kid not moving as fast, but their parents are going to be reinforcing to them that my child is not smart and not as good as the "smart" kids are... which comes to school and impacts my kids' self-esteem and happiness in school environment.  DCUM is really eye-opening in terms of what assholes academically competitive parents are, and I don't need that as part of my kid's life when they're already working twice as hard to achieve grade-level performance.[/quote]

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