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[quote=Anonymous]12:51 PP here.  From my kid's experience in the Title I school, I think the biggest thing holding back the lower SES schools is the huge number of ESOL kids integrated in the regular classrooms.  There were a decent number of kids who entered the system in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade without speaking a word of English.  Plopping them in a regular classroom with intermittent visits to the ESOL teacher did not work for anyone.

Many of the kids who didn't speak any English were the most disruptive ones in the class because they couldn't understand instructions or were frustrated all of the time.  The teacher had to devote the lion's share of her time to helping kids who were effectively at a K level in 6th grade.  All of these kids ended up in the specialized ESOL programs for 7th and 8th grade, where they finally got the support they needed.

Lower SES schools would be helped tremendously if ESOL kids weren't integrated into regular classrooms until they were proficient enough with English to function in regular classrooms.  [/quote]

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