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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People that claim you can do differentiation in a heterogeneous  class have no clue. My son needs differentiation, there’s absolutely nothing he learns in his third grade math. The “ differentiation” looks like this: the class does 16:4, while the teaches gives my son the exercise 2516:4, which he does in his head in 5 seconds.

True differentiation wound require different content, lesson plan, homework, concepts. Most school districts and teachers are not capable to provide true in depth alternatives so it easier and cheaper to group students together by some ability metric and move them together through the regular curriculum faster.

Not ideal, but better than wasting the student potential with worksheets that provide no learning or to simply ignore bright students during class.[/quote]

Except everywhere in the country does it this way and the kids deal. You feel entitled to something that is actually [b]incredibly indulgent of advanced kids [/b]and is at the cost of everyone else. [/quote]

DP. The program was here when we moved here. We didn’t create it. I do think there can be changes but I don’t think there’s any reason the existence of the AAP class harms the gen ed class. They can have good teachers in gen ed too. [/quote]

What is your basis for believing drawing a line in the sand and [b]removing the highest achievers on one side isn't harmful to the kids left behind[/b]?[/quote]

If your argument is advanced/gifted students should be kept in gen ed to help the gen ed kids you have a terrible argument. 
I do not think it is “incredibly indulgent” to offer advanced classes for advanced students. Shouldn’t every kid get to actually learn? And not just be help for other kids or left on their own?[/quote]

Yes.  But Gen Ed kids don't get to take advanced tracking courses.  Why shouldn't a disadvantaged kid who is great at math and science be denied exposure to higher level content?  Why exclude?[/quote]

How does getting rid of AAP get your disadvantaged kid who is great and math and science exposure to higher content?
How does getting rid of AAP allow access to whatever advanced tracking courses to gen ed? There either won’t be any more adv track or it will fill with the kids who would have been in AAP.

I don’t think the existing system is perfect but better to keep it and improve it than ditch it completely. Make LIII more robust and consistent. Make it ao kids don’t retain LIV permanently, etc. [/quote]

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