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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are still on level classes in many subjects. I know this because my son has a disability that makes math and science more challenging so he has mostly been in on-level classes in these subjects. I also have seen a definite difference between honors and regular because my son has tried a few honors classes only to have to drop down.

I’m actually tired of this honors for all narrative. It’s really frustrating for students who work hard to keep up in honors to hear that it’s not really honors. [b]If your child finds honors too easy, stick to AP. [/b][/quote]

To your first point, I think this must be school-by-school because there are categorically no on-level classes at my child's HS. I've seen it with my own eyes and heard it from the teachers.

To the bolded, the problem is that there is no AP option for a lot of these classes. For English, the first AP class a kid can take is in 11th grade, so from 6th - 10th there is no option for acceleration or differentiation outside the magnets. For science, the "Honors" classes are pre-requisites for the AP classes, except the "Honors" science classes are so heterogenous that it results in kids being unprepared for the AP version because they spent the "Honors" years doing worksheets while [b]folks screwed around in class[/b]. [/quote]

Students playing chess in their Chromebook instead? Teacher shoe shopping on their device? Yep.[/quote]

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