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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think AAP is a way to get around the elimination of tracking, which was done a couple of decades ago because of the political repercussions.  Bottom line, I strongly believe that tracking is a necessity.  Just like not everyone is equal in sports, everyone is not equal in academics.  Going with that analogy, it would be ludicrous to put the super athletic on the same team as the athletically challenged, yet somehow it's ok for our kids in school.  Sure, the athletic ones could coach the non-athletic ones because there are so many kids on the team and the coach is overwhelmed by the sheer number of kids on the team and consumed with the requirement to get the non-athletic up to par, but that wouldn't help the athletic ones, or even the middle of the pack ones.  Just imagine what those star athletes could accomplish and develop into if they were on a team of their own?!  It would benefit the league, the country and the world.  I know tracking has legitimate issues, but it doesn't make any sense to get rid of it completely.  We need to reinstitute tracking, with checks and balances to help minimize the negative consequesnces.  We need special ed, remedial, general, honors and gifted levels in our schools!  Most should fall in the middle 3 levels and there should be centers for the special ed and gifted levels because, theoretically, those should only comprise the bottom and top 5-10% of the student population.  Let's stop playing these games and call AAP what it is - tracking; and then institute a proper tracking program!!![/quote]

Agree!!![/quote]

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