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Also, you’re underestimating how important classroom management is, especially if students are going to be working on their own. An aide will not be able to deal with all of the questions and situations that will arise in the classroom, especially if students are left to their own devices.[/quote]
But if kids are working on their own through content at their own pace then you don’t need to put 30 kids in a room with 1 aide. You could take 100 of the kids that this type of teaching works really well for and put then in a room without the disruptive kids. You could put disruptive kids in isolation or in smaller groups. You’re not forced to commit to this 30 people in a room dynamic.
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I was thinking about this quote today, and wondered if you have any children of your own. If you’ve ever had any experience with children, you’d know that putting more than 30-40 kids in a room together (and many experienced teachers would argue that this is too many), and expecting them to remain on task with just an aide…well, it’s just not going to end very well.
