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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]

Crappy gen Ed is the natural result of pulling out the top 20% of students out of the program. [/quote]

Yes, if they'd stop segregating kids and offer opportunities at all schools none of this would be necessary.[/quote]

No. That’s just not correct. At least not at all schools. Like many on this board, my now AAP kids were in the highest reading group. That meant they virtually never met with the teacher. Eliminating AAP would just prolong the experience of K-2 of the faster kids being left far too much to their own devices while the teacher works with the slower kids. We need to move back toward grouping kids for instruction at the whole class level (review quarterly maybe so kids do not get stuck) vs this fairy tale fantasy they can teach all levels in a room of 20-30 kids. [/quote]

Grouping kids by quarter is a grading and management nightmare. In order for mixed abilities to work…

Classes should be capped at 20 kids.
ESOL/SPED support needs to be higher.

That is really the larger issue. Too many kids with different needs and all of it falling on the classroom teacher.

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