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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of problems with this AAP segregation going on at FCPS.  Very sad. All this commotion and not much coming out of it but bad reviews, kids who are not fully advanced, parents who were snookered into thinking it was a gifted program, kids feeling put down by another class indirectly and directly, and parents paying for supplementary materials. They need to revamp FCPS. Reid, you can do better than that![/quote]

Ok but what is the solution?

I agree that people should not think of this as a gifted program. It's not. And I say this as a parent of a child who got in with a WISC above 140. Child is not a genius. Child is bright.

I also agree that there's a lot of nonsense that results, but that's because parents are crazy and whether there's AAP or not that's not going to change.[/quote]

There are two solutions.

1) Tracking students so that kids end up in a class with peers. The kids in the class(es) that are behind grade level should be in a class with 2 Teachers who can work with the kids to help them get to grade level. Kids who are on the cusp should be moved up a level, so that kid who is close to being on grade level should be in the grade level class because it does motivate kids to work harder when they want to be on the level of the kids they are with. That is not going to work well when you are 2 grade levels behind and there are kids a full grade level up in your class, that makes you feel discouraged. But being in a position that you can get to the same level as the kids in your class with a bit more work can be helpful.

2) Have break out classes for Advanced Math, Advanced LA, Advanced Science, and Advanced Social Studies. If the grades are all on a similar time schedule, then you can have the kids in Advanced Math move to the Advanced Math class and the kids with regular level math shift to that class and the kids who need math support shift to that class. Some kids will end up in all of the advanced classes, some kids will end up in a few, and some kids will not end up in any. But making space for kids to be strong in specific areas means that you avoid the "smart class" vs everyone else mentality.

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