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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I say this in with sincerity, can you please explain how this is gatekeeping? I see all students being challenged beyond their ability. I have kids with varying levels of math aptitude and have seen different approaches to teaching. Even in AAP, not all students have the same propensity for numbers, and teachers end up having to differentiate within the classroom. [/quote]
Talking about pretests, ability levels, separate groups… all these things reward kids with unearned privilege. I’m not sure you understand how equity works. Or maybe you don’t support it? But that is the current path forward.[/quote]

The current way forward needs to change because it isn’t working. I would be ok with keeping it if the education gap was decreasing but it isn’t. Inclusion has lead to the education gap growing. This was happening before COVID but has gotten even worse since COVID. If the model is not fixing the problem and is causing issues for other folks then it needs to go away.

I am not sacrificing my child’s education for a failed experiment. It is why we choose language immersion in ES and will opt into LIV AAP in MS. It is why we supplement outside of school in STEM subjects that my kid cares about. Yes, we can afford it. No, we are not going to stop in the name of equity.

If you want to be all in on equity, feel free to keep your child in the regular classes or opt into those classes when you have choices. [/quote]

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