Originally Posted by Dottie
Oh, and not to shoot down the white out thinking, which is very valid in K, 1st and 2nd, but perhaps some of their fears are for down the road, when the kid is way beyond the white out fix, LOL! (And speaking of drugs, isn't that a controlled substance? grin )

Seriously though, I'm not defending the nay-sayers, but eventually someone has to bite the bullet and cough up more than just harder worksheets.

I agree. We did a little bit of a happy dance because this appeared to be the first time that they've really tried to understand where DS is at. (It wasn't perfect either as DS didn't know that he had missed a few questions and the teacher probably didn't review them with DS.) This is a teacher that told us at our first conference that she would not give DS any multiplication problems this year at all. So the fact that we're breaking down this barrier is a start.

Our objective is to get the GIEP a little bit better and then sign off on it for this year. The Goals section was vague and nebulous but we'll leave it alone for this year (too much to tackle all at once). But when we meet late spring for next year, we're going to focus on real tangible goals like "90% proficient in 3rd grade math by mid term" and so on. So that will hopefully force a truely differentiated curriculum.

JB