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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]thank you OP. that is the reality check I needed.  My kid is in PK4 at a title one school and her teacher already told me she has my kid paired up with slower kids to work on letters, sounds, colors etc. Thats not her responsibility and it starts young and only gets worse.  Unfortunately in DC classrooms just being at grade level puts you ahead of most kids.   We probably wouldn't go for a big three but Lowell is looking like an option now.[/quote]

You realize that that strategy is going to be found in private school as well as public school, particularly at a progressive school such as Lowell. Your dc's "teaching" helps to reinforce the concepts for your dc. It's not detrimental.[/quote]

It becomes detrimental quickly especially by 2nd and 3rd grade.  The achievement gap is so wide that the entire pace of the class slows down and the teaching focuses on the slowest kids.  My mom was a teacher for 3 years and said parents are kidding themselves if hey believe that a teacher can do any significant differentiation in a class where kids can be two or three grades apart. So no I do t want my kid learning by having to teach slow kids.[/quote]

I agree with PP.

PPP, there's nothing in progressive pedagogy about having better students teach lagging students.

Montessori has older kids help younger kids.  Montessori is not the same as progressive, and age is not the same as skill.[/quote]

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