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To: Joe NYC who wrote (370291)	2/7/2008 7:55:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1572215

Oh, come on, Joe. Public schools have several levels of classes. I graduated from an inner-city school less than ten years ago, and we had Regents-level (average), Honors, Advanced Placement, and remedial classes. That's far from egalitarian. As far as I can tell, that hasn't changed. That luxury is not available in smaller schools, especially elementary schools. Here, they don't start AP classes until the sixth grade. Its believed that kids are having too many issues that advanced placement will only compound. For an example, a kid maybe be brilliant in math but may be too immature to move him or her to a higher grade. However, if s/he shows an aptitude in say math....they will encourage him/her to take math classes in a higher grade. And, an average kid not smart enough for honor classes still gets stuck with disruptive, undisciplined kids. And teachers don't and can't enforce discipline. Maybe in NYC and LA that's a big problem but I don't think its its a big a problem in most elementary schools. Kids act out but most teachers can handle the smaller children.

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