Very true! Her school does mixed classes, so she has to come up with alternative work for the "high cap" kids while simultaneously providing additional attention to the kids that arrive to high school unable to write a full paragraph in a class period. The variability between classes in a given year also seems to be really big.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

that sounds like a disservice to literally everyone involved

[–] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

That could be the tagline for the entire US school system, tbh.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The motivating idea is that giftedness is largely a function of SES and that the high cap kids should still get peer socialization rather than be kept separate, but when class sizes are in the mid 30s and she has to keep answering emails from parents who want to make sure their high cap kids are getting adequate enrichment it ends up being a massive headache.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

yeah i was probably fucked up for life because they chose not to skip me a grade when i was 8 or whatever. guess my parents should've let me watch power rangers instead of PBS.

this was also at a time when you didn't get diagnosed with shit if you had good grades.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

I'm also skeptical - I think it's post-hoc justification for the reduction in special ed funding, since the cuts hit family services and SpEd first.

this was also at a time when you didn't get diagnosed with shit if you had good grades.

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