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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The program is not the problem. What they do with the middle level kids is the issue. They are not being well served by pretending that teaching them on the same level as the slowest learners works. The way to improve thing is not to tear down a program working well for many kids but rather to fix the parts of the system NOT working well. Gen Ed is what is NOT working for many MC kids. [/quote]

Crappy gen Ed is the natural result of pulling out the top 20% of students out of the program. [/quote]

Yes, if they'd stop segregating kids and offer opportunities at all schools none of this would be necessary.[/quote]

No. That’s just not correct. At least not at all schools. Like many on this board, my now AAP kids were in the highest reading group. That meant they virtually never met with the teacher. Eliminating AAP would just prolong the experience of K-2 of the faster kids being left far too much to their own devices while the teacher works with the slower kids. We need to move back toward grouping kids for instruction at the whole class level (review quarterly maybe so kids do not get stuck) vs this fairy tale fantasy they can teach all levels in a room of 20-30 kids. [/quote]

So you're making a case for segregation? They used to teach all kids in the same classroom with more than 30 kids. It's nonsense to suggest this isn't possible.
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I know! Mykid is a genius at least I tell myself this all the time but who cares that they can only read picture books at 10 and are unable to sit still or follow simple directions.

They used to segregate kids who had learning disabilities and behavior issues into remedial classes. When you remove the kids who are struggling, it is easier to teach the other kids. The kids in the remedial classes learned little to nothing and were not expected to graduate from high school. They just disappeared from the classroom.

Now, kids with learning issues and behavior issues are expected to be mainstreamed with Teachers and specialists providing support. For kids with mild to moderate issues, mainstreaming works fine, the kids are likely on grade level and might be struggling a bit but not much. Kids with more serious issues fall behind but continue to be mainstreamed. Those kids take up more of the Teachers time because the teacher needs to try and get all kids on grade level. This means less time for the kids who are doing fine but need support to do fine. Those kids start to slide because they are not getting the attention that they need and now the Teacher is trying to teach kids who are behind and the kids who are falling behind and there is less time for the kids on grade level and no time for the ids who are ahead.

The approach to education has changes but not properly supported by the Federal Government, who passed the legislation that essentially stopped tracking. The legislation isn't bad, it is BS that remedial classes were wastelands that taught kids with learning issues and some behavior issues nothing. We legitimately need to do more to provide support and opportunities to kids who are struggling in school for whatever reason. But the lack of funds to provide the necessary supports means that still not enough is being done to support the kids who need the support AND the regular classroom has ended up being harmed because too much is being asked of Teachers.

Tracking does not have to be as problematic as it used to be but the way that the law works today makes it hard to develop a tracking program that meets the federal legislation criteria. So parents of kids who are on grade level and parents of kids who are ahead are increasingly frustrated because the current system is now failing everyone because god knows that it is not really helping kids with learning issues or behavior issues.  [/quote]

I heard these days they even say kids have ADHD when they aren't able to focus. They used to simply call that being slow.[/quote]

Yes. It was really disgusting how we treated bright kids with learning disabilities. 
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Your kid must have inherited your intelligence.

My “very superior” kid with ADHD would have no doubt struggled 30 years ago without interventions. 
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