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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We recently moved, and I feel like my eyes are being opened with this thread.  I had to fight really hard to get my youngest child (5th grade) into the math class he was previously in.  I had to pay for private testing to get a FSIQ, and even when that came back high, he still had to wait until after standardized testing to move into the higher class.

We were previously at a small Catholic school in the Midwest.  [b]They just had all the kids take a math placement test at the beginning of the year, and the kids were placed in the appropriate class.  [/b]

For whatever reason, it wasn’t difficult at all to get the kids into more advanced classes for high school.  Maybe parents burn out on this stuff?  [/quote]

The bolded part above is called “tracking” and it is how education is supposed to work:  kids are grouped by ability and then given instruction appropriate to their individual capabilities.  It is still more common in “red states,” or republican-dominated areas like the Midwest.

Now, PP, you live in the “land of equity,” where democrats are trying to eliminate all higher-level or accelerated classes; democrats already eliminated the gifted and talented programs entirely in NYC and Washington State.

There is a pilot program in FCPS to eliminate advanced elementary math and replace it with the “Equity Cubed” or E3 math curriculum, so every child receives the exact same instruction regardless of their individual ability.

Elections have consequences.  If you want your child subjected to the dumbed-down DEI or “equity” education, just keep voting in democrats to destroy public education.[/quote]

WA state democrat chiming in here with a quick fact-check, because the PP I’m replying to is providing incorrect information: there has been NO elimination of gifted and talented programs at a state level in Washington state. Only one district has altered their G&T programs, and that’s Seattle, and they’re moving from standalone gifted and talented schools to a model of providing services within classrooms at zoned schools. How this looks in practice depends on the teacher and principal, but I know plenty of people who never put their kids in a specialized school even when they were qualified because their zoned school fully met their gifted child’s needs. It really depends. Anyway, the shift to end gifted and talented schools hasn’t even happened at all grade levels yet. It’s also part of a vast plan to close schools that will affect every student in the district.

Many districts here have quite robust hi-cap and gifted and talented programs, including standalone public schools, standalone classrooms, pull-outs for certain subjects, etc. [/quote]

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