[quote=EastnWest]
in my brief experience (ds is only half way through kindy), the above quote could apply only to one side of the spectrum. As in, "The kindy teachers do an excellent job of working with kids who are behind/need extra help at catching up to our state required standards."/quote]
Same here EastnWest - The teachers have no time or ability to teach the kids who are way ahead. My GD's K teacher recently FINALLY tried one day to differentiate. Her note said, I tried to teach GD double digit addition but we didn't have much time and she didn't understand. GD learned this at home (no carrying) in 5 minutes using up & down problems. Teacher was trying to use side to side problems for dbl digits! This is the first and so far last attempt at "teaching to her level" - for reading this means "she can read any book in the room she wants at free reading time".
I have heard stories from other school district's in the City that do a pretty good job of differentiating but not here.
