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I agree that the kids who need extra help should be in classes with lower teacher:student ratios.  I volunteer in my kids' classes and I definitely see how these kids would benefit with more one-on-one attention.  They are not less intelligent - they are just getting left behind because the class moves too fast for them.

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There aren't reading specialists at your kids' school, who pull out the kids who need extra help? There are several at mine. I don't know how much of this is up to the discretion of the various principals.[/quote]

We have reading specialists at my kids' school but I don't think it's a very effective system.  The kids who need help get pulled out of class for about 45 minutes.  However, the class goes on with the same lesson.  The kid comes back to the class and is now even more behind because she missed the lesson.  It's crazy!  And inefficient.

Instead of pulling these kids out, they should have a teacher who an simply slow down the lesson for ALL the kid's who need it presented slower.  It would help the kid feel better about herself as well.  If the class was going at a pace she could handle, she could actually keep up and participate.  Being taken out by the 'reading specialist' or the 'math specialist' at random times isn't doing the kid a favor.[/quote]

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