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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is the teacher’s union on this?

Love the way they frame this as cutting accelerated math but it’s really forcing teachers into differentiated instruction which is impossible.[/quote]

MCEA only shows up when there are issues about the school calendar/makeup days.  Differentiated instruction at the level they're proposing is impossible and teachers won't be able to do it.  There's nothing to negotiate there.  MCPS will just realize this the hard way.

My kid's grade 4 ES classroom has 31 kids in it--there's no differentiated instruction going on there except for math.  There's little going on for reading--I've asked repeatedly, and the teacher says they all do the same assignments--occasionally with the option for different level texts, but not usually. [/quote]

Exactly my point. They’ll roll out the claims that “all students will engage more deeply with the curriculum this way” very soon, if they have not already.

What it really means is that the teachers will teach either to the bottom or the middle. Kids who can’t keep up lose the most, as do the bored gifted and talented students. Proven time and time again to NOT work.who is making these decisions?

Is this just for equity reasons, to punish the privileged? They aren’t the ones who will lose the most.[/quote]

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