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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2E kid took digital literacy because we were concerned about a foreign language. Kid is off the charts in math/science but struggled with language. Digital literacy was a far better class for writing than the GT/Honors English class. GT English was disorganized and did a pretty poor job modeling effective writing styles and research papers. DL was very good and involved far more longer writing assignments and papers that in the end really made a difference for my kid. It also helped that the kids were writing about more contemporary topics. [/quote]

What MS?

JW doesn’t have an Honors English class for 6th graders!  There is no differentiation.  All 6th graders take the same Advanced English class.  No regular or Honors options.  [/quote]

So kids that aren’t advanced in English take it? Why call it advance? LOL

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They don’t track in middle school?   :shock: Good God. How pathetic.

Yes.  Teachers are expected to differentiate within the class, just as in ES.[/quote][/quote]

Not allowed to track for English or Science.

Most MS do offer a cohort for Math and History (History is a strange choice, IMO).[/quote]

Not for History. It was said that they are not differentiating them next year even if your child was picked for it in that letter.  They will just get extra work and be tested harder. [/quote]

Yes they do have a separate Global humanities 6 for kids who got the letter[/quote].

And my husband went to someone after one of the sessions and was told the kids who received the HIGH6 letters will be mixed, but get extra work. I mean who knows. My daughter did get the letter, but I am not holding my breath it will be a cohort. A lot of things have drastically changed. [/quote]

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