I'm just struggling with all of this- if differentiating a student in aclassroom means giving them harder work without instruction, then it would be a lot cheaper and more effective to homeschool. I thought schools were supposed to teach. Feeling a bit disgruntled.
If you had the time and the ability to homeschool and feel confident that you can provide the best available education to your child, then homeschooling is the best option out there. For a lot of people, it is not possible. In that case, they afterschool and try to make up for the lack of "differentiated instruction". In my neighborhood, there are afterschool enrichment academies run by people with PhDs in math, lit, physics etc who tutor children one-on-one for higher level subject acceleration and enrichment. They also mentor and help children participate in math olympiads, science competitions etc. So, a lot of frustrated parents who cannot homeschool make use of these enrichment centers and have very good outcomes. They think of school as a place to review and drill material that the child has learnt a couple of years ago
