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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What commonly occurs with advanced learners these days takes place in the classroom through differentiation and it is often far more beneficial than a traditional G.T. Program. However, if it is not called "Gifted and Talented" and is not occurring in a separate space with a different instructor, parents assume it is not a legitimate way to accommodate their child's perceived advanced academic abilities. [/quote]

Nope.  Most classrooms don't actually do differentiation and very few teachers can do differentiated teaching in an effective manner.  They claim to be doing differentiation but aren't.[/quote]

my mother taught for 30 years and she basically gave me a reality check. Best case, a teacher works straight down the middle. However, with high stakes testing, the teacher now must focus almost solely on the slowest kids, you know the ones who will bring down the school rankings.  In DC,the divide is huge in many gentrifying areas.  In a third grade class where 25% are capable of 5th grade work, 50% re grade and level and 25% are barely at a 1s grade level--how exactly is a teacher going to truly challenge all those kids. they don't. they may get the top students to "mentor" the slow ones But by and large, thats a testing year and they don't need to bother with top kids.  [/quote]

DD is in a gentrifying EOTP school, and they do pullouts and send her to a class a couple of grades ahead.  For subjects where she's more like a grade ahead, they work in small groups on slightly more challenging material.  It seems to work really well at the ES level.
No offense to your mother, but I think DCPS (at least some schools within it) is pushing in a different direction.  There are a lot more tools available than 30 years ago, or even 10 years ago.[/quote]

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