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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]flexible grouping makes the most sense. All students are given a pre-test and then sorted into classes based on how they tested. This way, if a student is particularly good at fractions, for example, they will be in a more advanced grouping. But, this same child may not grasp geometry as well, and would be more appropriately placed than if the child had been labeled "aap" and accelerated across all topics.[/quote]
Gatekeeping isn’t fair and it perpetuates inequity. [/quote]

Grouping kids based on ability is not gatekeeping. Putting a kid who is not able to add in a group/class that is working on multiplication does not help the kid who cannot add. That kid needs to be in a group that is learning to add. The kids who are comfortable with addition need to be in a group that helps them build on what they know. Putting the groups together either hurts the kid who cannot add, because they are not going to be able to multiply, or hurts the kids ready to learn multiplication because the Teacher is teaching addition.

I am sorry that there are families who do not have the time or knowledge or interest to work on reading and math and the like at home. I am sorry that there are families who don’t read to kids when they are toddlers. Or play math games. Or teach colors and shapes. I know some of it is because parents don’t know it is important or cannot read or do basic math. I know some of it is lack of time because parents are working a ton. But asking the kids who start school without knowing their letters, numbers, sounds, colors, shapes and the like to complete academics at the same level as kids who start with that background knowledge is not helping the kids who are behind. We have been trying the inclusive classroom for how long and the education gap is getting worse, not better. It is not helping the kids it is supposed to help and it is harming the kids who could be doing more. [/quote]

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