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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The program is not the problem. What they do with the middle level kids is the issue. They are not being well served by pretending that teaching them on the same level as the slowest learners works. The way to improve thing is not to tear down a program working well for many kids but rather to fix the parts of the system NOT working well. Gen Ed is what is NOT working for many MC kids. [/quote]

Why yes, let’s just separate out all the poor children. Make them all sit in a separate class. We could even put them in separate schools. They’re holding back those smart middle class kids from getting into honors classes and UVa and Harvard.

Watch out. Your thinly veiled racism might tarnish the image of yourself as a progressive. [/quote]

I don't understand this take. Why would you not want a class targeted to your kids ability? How are less prepared kids served by being surrounded with kids who already mastered something and are bored? If the problem is that the slower track classes don't get attention and resources, then let's fix that part.

I don't like AAP centers or AAP as it exists today, but I do like leveling. Kids should move between levels as needed, not be on a track. For example, not everybody who is advanced in math is also advanced in writing: decouple those. More advanced classes should go deeper not faster - none of this race to get to algebra asap. [/quote]

Because it’s not appropriate at the elementary level. The research doesn’t support it. There’s differentiation happening within the classroom. And also, I just don’t buy this argument that kids are “bored to death.” For every single kid, there will be times when school isn’t exciting or fun. That doesn’t mean that they’re incorrectly placed in a class or not being challenged appropriately.

-ES teacher in FCPS for over 15 years  [/quote]

Another ES teacher here. The problem is ES do not have the class sizes or support to differentiate well. My second year teaching I had kids reading on a Kindergarten level through an 8th grade level in a 6th grade class. It is incredibly difficult for one person to differentiate all of those levels with 28 kids. The gap is not as noticeable in K-2. But once kids hit 3rd, it is really impossible without more support. [/quote]

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