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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of my kids' best elementary & middle school teachers differentiated their lessons to the kids at the lowest and highest levels and everyone advanced...why can't this work at the AP level?[/quote]

Because then it's not an AP class. The AP curriculum is supposed to be the minimum taught. That is frankly not compatible with meeting the needs of the lowest performers, some of whom read 5 grade levels behind. It's insane.[/quote]

Exactly. At a certain point, kids who can do more advanced work should be given the opportunity to do more advanced work, without the teacher being distracted by having to accommodate other kids. That’s what tracking is for, and by the time kids get to high school, tracking is entirely appropriate. [/quote]

Arguably, it's entirely appropriate in middle school as well. Attending a public MS with academic tracking in most academic subjects was a godsend to me and my siblings. Our HS school was ranked in the bottom third in the state, yet we were able to attend Ivies on a lot of financial aid eventually.  Both of my siblings went to Harvard.[/quote]

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