This is a great piece. So much I could complement, but the thing that sticks out to me most is the citations. It's seemingly such a small thing, but the fact that it seems just about every factual claim is cited is something I really respect.
The schools in the U. S. taught to the middle range of kids and a handful got to be in the gifted program where all the learning took place in American schools for decades. Phonics in reading is not being taught in my grandchildren’s school now. The school held a summer program that taught it and she learned to read before going into third grade. She Is reading on a second grade level now. I am sorry you are leaving.
Huh, this was really long! Lemme try to summarize: they wanted not only desegregation by race, but also no grouping by ability, because that looked bad for the less gifted black children. This really destroyed everything for the more gifted black children. In other words, putting more gifted and less gifted children on the same curriculum, does not uplift the less gifted, it pushes down the more gifted.
Will miss your writting. Are "professional obligations" continued military service? In any case, good luck.
This is a great piece. So much I could complement, but the thing that sticks out to me most is the citations. It's seemingly such a small thing, but the fact that it seems just about every factual claim is cited is something I really respect.
You're leaving?
That's unfortunate. I just learned about you barely a week ago, and I subscribed to you not long after.
Any reason for the break?
Nothing I'll specify at the moment beyond the professional obligations I refer to in the post. I'll be back when I can.
The schools in the U. S. taught to the middle range of kids and a handful got to be in the gifted program where all the learning took place in American schools for decades. Phonics in reading is not being taught in my grandchildren’s school now. The school held a summer program that taught it and she learned to read before going into third grade. She Is reading on a second grade level now. I am sorry you are leaving.
Huh, this was really long! Lemme try to summarize: they wanted not only desegregation by race, but also no grouping by ability, because that looked bad for the less gifted black children. This really destroyed everything for the more gifted black children. In other words, putting more gifted and less gifted children on the same curriculum, does not uplift the less gifted, it pushes down the more gifted.