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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think for math and reading it’s easier to differentiate to some degree, at least in upper elementary. Math gets choice boards and reading they assign books in small groups and the books aren’t the same across groups so my assumption is that the novel assignment/grouping is deliberate. No idea how it might be done with other subjects. 
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In theory this might seem okay but we're talking about kids. I assume you're here reading the comments because you have some type of problem with your own kids either directly or indirectly. Imagine if you told one of your kids that they don't have to do chores all day while another one of your kids had to do all the chores. Then you spend all your time as a parent hanging out with the kid who doesn't have to do chores and give praise to them while admonishing the other for not finishing up all their chores. This is what the push-in classroom is like for gifted kids. Instead of being in a class with kids only of a certain caliber that push each other upward, they spend a lot of time feeling resentful that other kids have it easy while they are being graded seemingly on a stricter scale because their work is supposedly harder. Gifted children are expected to suck it up and act more mature or be more understanding of less smart kids who are often troublemakers simply because they are more intelligent and this does lead to lifelong consequences such as trying less hard or giving up to try and fit in with the rest of the class to try and get the attention of teachers. It's a struggle that shouldn't exist but we've experienced this at all three levels of schooling at APS.[/quote]

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