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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS has taken LRE too far with honors for all. There are no non honors English classes at my HS. That means we literally have level 1& 2 EML kids who speak very little English and cannot access the curriculum, kids who aced AP lang last year, and kids with severe gaps in reading comprehension (I have some kids who are literally on a 2nd grade reading level) all in the same 30 plus kid class. MCPS keeps pushing more PD and more differentiation as the solution, but even with two teachers in the room—I have a wonderful SPED coteacher  and I have taken dozens of credits in EML and SPED differentiation—can’t possibly meet the needs of everyone in that room. Their needs are simply too high and diverse and two people can only differentiate the curriculum so much. Simply saying more PD will solve everything is BS. We need leveled classes with appropriate supports. Many “Honors” classes now don’t even attempt to have kids read one short novel. Everyone suffers. The kids are frustrated or bored and the teachers burn themselves out very quickly. Even having two teachers in the room isn’t enough many times when the level of ability ranges from can’t read  a 2nd grade level paragraph to needing one on one attention at all times to kids on grade level and kids who would really be well served by a rigorous honors course.[/quote]

Exactly this. Our current model doesn’t meet the needs of any student. Or teacher.[/quote]

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