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+1,000,000.  It is so rushed and crazy but I was told [b]if they tracked classes, the poor students and non-english students would all mainly be in one class and that isn't a positive thing for them[/b]?   Huh?  So instead we are politically correct and match class sizes by gender, race, culture and sprinkle ESOL all around.  And then you have 10 minutes of reading a day and 10 minutes of math a day - IF your  group gets picked.  My daughter is in the highest reading group and gets called only 2-3 times a week.  So she gets 30 minutes of direct teacher time A WEEK for reading.  [/quote]

Maybe think about why it would be a bad thing to put, in first grade, all of the students who are behind, and all of the students who don't speak English, in one class. And "political correctness" has nothing to do with it, unless you include under "political correctness" the idea that all children should get a decent education, even the ones who are behind and the ones who don't speak English.[/quote]

[b]Who is denying anyone a decent education? [/b] Put the non-english kids in the same class with a teacher with an aide.  ESOL teacher comes in and helps instead of the kids getting pulled out and missing direct class time.   Let the advanced kids be in a class of 30 kids with no aides.  Everyone is getting a decent education and just maybe the kids far behind will have the resources to advance quicker.

Just stop the 10min a day of direct teaching.  It sucks and it benefits no one.  [/quote]

School systems that segregate non-English-speakers and students who are behind into their own separate tracks.[/quote]

Tracking is done in many places all over the country.  Sorry, it does not deny anyone an education.  [b]Many non-english speakers of asian decent are in the highest tracked classes.[/b]  No one is segregating here so go away with your nonsense.  All kids that go to public school get an education.  [/quote]
Usually only for math, not for reading.  So, if you tracked both subjects, such kids would be in the lower reading groups, separated from their high achieving in math kids.  Also, it would be very difficult to get separate bilingual esol teachers for every language.[/quote]

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