Tracking

I do not think we should eliminate tracking. I think that tracking is an effective way of accomplishing educational equity by providing every student with a class that is set at his or her level. Rather than let their education suffer in a class where the material is too easy or difficult for them, they are provided with an environment where they can handle the material given. While tracking can fuel certain means for teasing among students, attention should be focused on eliminating stigmas attached to certain tracks, and attention should be put towards making tracks mobile and flexible, should students show that they have improved. The issue is not the system in which students are placed in different class levels, but it is in the expectations placed on those students. When less is expected of a student on a lower track, and they are not pushed to their full potential, or vice versa wherein a student on a higher track is pushed too far and beyond their limits, there is an issue. When more focus is placed on eliminating preconceived notions and teaching students as individuals without attached stigmas, then the problem will be touched upon. However, tracking is not the cause of this issue, and eliminating it will not solve the bullying and stigmas.