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According to the interactionist and conflict views of education, Schools often label students as good or bad students according to their socioeconomic status. What are the implications of this phenomenon for tracking—a common practice in education where schools segregate students thought to have different academic capacities into different educational programs? An interview on the Scholastic website gives you the perspective of Anne Wheelock, author of a book about school tracking. You can find the interview at teacher.scholastic.com/professional/classmgmt/abilitygroup.htm.

Read the interview and answer the following questions:
  1. Does Wheelock favor school tracking? Why or why not?
  2. How common is tracking in American schools?
  3. How do you think Wheelock would view the teacher-expectancy effect? Does it exist, in her view?
  4. What does Wheelock say, implicitly, about the need to recognize different ability levels among students? Should teachers simply ignore differences in ability levels?
  5. According to Wheelock, how do children benefit when placed in the same classroom as students with differing ability levels?





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