Stupid Kids in America?
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RedGlitter
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Stupid Kids in America?
Well this ought to open a whole hornets nest. :rolleyes:
This talks about the alleged lack of education in US schools.
I have my own opinion on this but I'll wait to hear yours.
Stupid Kids in America?
I know from my own childs kindergarten class, they had to keep up the pace of the slowest child. my daughter suffered.I enrolled her in pre school before kindergarten.so she and some others were ahead of the rest of the class.she was board last school year,and found herself getting in trouble alot. I blame the no child left behind act. my child had to be dumbed down,and waite for the slow kids to catch up.
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Accountable
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Stupid Kids in America?
John Stossel's my hero. I remember watching that special. I only wish I had 40 minutes to watch it again.
I'm reading a book by Harry & Rosemary Wong: How to be an Effective Teacher: The First Days of School. It's highly recommended reading for beginning teachers like me. Here's what the Wong's say about the dignity and importance of teachers:
It is the teacher -- what the teacher knows and can do -- that is the most significant factor in student achievement.
The most effective teachers produce as much as six times the learning gains as the least effective teachers.
Students who have several effective teachers in a row make dramatic achievement gains, while those who have even two ineffective teachers in a row lose significant ground.
Differences in teacher quality account for more than 90 percent of the variation in student achievement.
Some 200 studies state the obvious but profound finding that no other intervention can make the difference that a skillful, knowledgeable teacher can make on student achievement.
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, not poverty -- it is the effectiveness of the teacher.
As teacher effectiveness increases, lower-achieving students are the first to benefit
Studies have shown that teacher expertise is the single most important factor in determining student achievement.Fuzzy, there are techniques to teach a classroom full of kids who are at different levels of ability. A different teacher might have been able to keep your kiddo challenged while simultaneously helping the slower one -- despite NCLB. You probably did the right thing.
I'm reading a book by Harry & Rosemary Wong: How to be an Effective Teacher: The First Days of School. It's highly recommended reading for beginning teachers like me. Here's what the Wong's say about the dignity and importance of teachers:
It is the teacher -- what the teacher knows and can do -- that is the most significant factor in student achievement.
The most effective teachers produce as much as six times the learning gains as the least effective teachers.
Students who have several effective teachers in a row make dramatic achievement gains, while those who have even two ineffective teachers in a row lose significant ground.
Differences in teacher quality account for more than 90 percent of the variation in student achievement.
Some 200 studies state the obvious but profound finding that no other intervention can make the difference that a skillful, knowledgeable teacher can make on student achievement.
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, not poverty -- it is the effectiveness of the teacher.
As teacher effectiveness increases, lower-achieving students are the first to benefit
Studies have shown that teacher expertise is the single most important factor in determining student achievement.Fuzzy, there are techniques to teach a classroom full of kids who are at different levels of ability. A different teacher might have been able to keep your kiddo challenged while simultaneously helping the slower one -- despite NCLB. You probably did the right thing.