Being Fair with Kids: School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions, Second Edition Dueck Jim
Being Fair with Kids: School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions, Second Edition Dueck Jim The current practice of having children begin school within a twelve-month cohort…
Specifikacia Being Fair with Kids: School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions, Second Edition Dueck Jim
Being Fair with Kids: School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions, Second Edition Dueck Jim
The current practice of having children begin school within a twelve-month cohort is unfair but can be ameliorated by incorporating a dual-entry system. Many students are penalized from maximizing their academic potential simply by being born at the wrong time of the year. Such a reform effort will dramatically reduce failure, improve student achievement at all levels, while reducing expenditures.
Meanwhile, more capable students experience unfairness because of the school's extraordinary effort at helping their failing students. Not only is there a significant decline in achievement for students born in the second half of the year but they also experience higher rates of failure which negatively impacts self-esteem and reduces future success. With so much focus on the weak, many strong students are held back from achieving their potential.
Parents agonize over when to begin their