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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She’s not wrong.[b] As a society we have decided that kids with disabilities are more important than anyone else.[/b] I’m not disagreeing with that. But you have to realize that mainstreaming means that teachers attention won’t be on how to make the smartest kids smarter. No, it’s how to get the slowest kids to grade level.

I truly wish they did more tracking and also allowed kids to move fluidly through tracks. It would give teachers more uniform classes to work with. Kindergarten wouldn’t be some kids who are reading small chapter books and others who know no letters and don’t speak English. [/quote]

I don't know that the bolded statement is true.  I think it's similar to a parent trying to figure out who is more important, their special needs child who requires so much time, attention, money, patience, resources, etc. or their other children.  How do you figure that out?[/quote]

As someone who had a difficult sibling who sucked all the oxygen out of a room- the kids deserve equal attention still. If you give extra time to one kid, it better come out of your own free time. [/quote]

Teachers absolutely spend more time on kids with disabilities, if they’re in a mainstream classroom. Especially in elementary where kids can’t select honors classes, etc. [/quote]

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