The demographics are changing. We can only do so much…they don’t have parental support at home. This is a great task for my higher students, but not for this group because they have too many gaps. We just need to focus on the strategies they understand. We need to show them step by step what they need to do because if not they will get stuck. These are statements that have commonly been shared by educators during team planning conversations, data talks, and intervention meetings. It is interesting that the changing demographics (the number of ELs & low SES students is increasing), causes educators to want to simplify and reduce content. Just because we need to use strategies to make input comprehensible and content accessible, that does not mean that the standards should not be taught at a rigorous level. All students deserve the respect and right for educators to teach content to its fullest depth & complexity.
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