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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM: AAP is segregation of rich and poor. AAP is not the path to equity so should be abolished.

Also DCUM: AAP is no different than gen ed. Your snowflake will be just fine in gen ed.

DCUM again: AAP is a refuge from disruptive kids and remedial schooling.

Which is it? [/quote]

Do you post this same thing every week? I swear you've posted this at least twice already. Get a life.[/quote]

Why are you so prickly? Struck a nerve?[/quote]

I'm not sure what nerve would have been struck by someone pointing out that you have posted this same thing multiple times. [/quote]

Actually I haven't. For the record, I'm hoping that my dc will get in AAP but sometimes I wonder what is really gained. Is it mostly academic or mostly peer group or something else. I don't agree with the AAP is segregation of rich vs poor take. My impression is that it is somewhat about academics but also very much an attempt to get away from behavioral issues in gen ed classes (which motivates me as well).[/quote]

I think the main value of AAP is the peer group (partly with respect to the kids and partly with respect to the kids' parents).  That is, you have a group of kids that had to do something to get into a separate program, meaning either the kids or parents care (or maybe, it's just that they have the time to care) enough to apply.  It's not perfect and there are still problems, but I think maybe it's slightly better.

I don't think that there is any value of AAP with respect to the instruction itself or the additional materials.[/quote

Fwiw, at our center school, the AAP curriculum is distinct from the gen ed curriculum, focusing significantly on critical thinking as well as DBQs and primary sources, Socratic seminar, etc.  Maybe your gen ed classes also do that but ours doesn't.

So for us, the answer is it's both the cohort and the curriculum.[/quote]

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