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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does it mean to challenge high achievers? This is such a common thing that parents say, but then they also expect that their high achiever kids will get straight As. So is the request to challenge with course material that gets really smart kids Bs and Cs, and then grade on a curve?

I think that part of being challenged is not necessarily tackling the most complex material or racing through it as fast as possible, but learning in an environment where there are multiple perspectives and figuring out how to find a truth within it - I mean, that's what history and ELA is about. But it does require strong teaching to get there.[/quote]

Parents here don't really care about anything beyond bragging rights.[/quote]

To the first quote no.  Parents who just want their kids to get straight A’s or like grade inflation are fixated on the grade, not what the child is learning.  Look at TJ.  All these kids are at the top of their class and likely cruised thru middle school with straight A’s.  They were not challenged to their full potential.  TJ last year graduated with over 250 students and only 16 or so got straight A’s.  So the bar was set very high, and most students didn’t get straight A’s or even A’s and B’s.  But guarantee all the kids learned a whole lot more than if they were left at their in-boundary school.  So you can’t group all these parents together.  Is it the grade or is it being challenged no matter what the grade?  I’ll take the latter any day.[/quote]

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