Kendall Cruz
47:16 - 48:03
“we're accusing correspondence families and schools of not following the law, which requires curriculum to be consistent with state standards, and it is, and it's evaluated by more than one person, including the supervising teacher.”
- Speaker
- Kendall Cruz
- Timestamp
- 47:16 – 48:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
From the transcript
He would not be able to be served properly in an equitable and fair way for his needs in a traditional brick-and-mortar. It's not possible. A teacher can't take 30 kids, 25 kids, and have kids that are exceptionally ahead and gifted and have them doing that kind of work. We don't have hardly any ability grouping even in the state except for in our charter schools. So when I hear that we want to meet the diverse needs, but we also want to repeal statutes because We're accusing correspondence families and schools of not following the law, which requires curriculum to be consistent with state standards, and it is, and it's evaluated by more than one person, including the supervising teacher.
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