Originally Posted by ultramarina
I agree--it's not that helpful to just wish that were true. My point is that there are things we CAN do (birth to 3 stuff, intensive intervention with new parents even before the child is born) so that kids DO arrive in K in better condition to learn.
That seems reasonable, but until all teachers are somehow given the tools to encourage high achievers not every child will be given more than babysitting at school. I think it's good for schools to teach all their students, not just one slice of the whole group. So I do think that pedalogical ideology has to change as well as home factors.

((shrugs and more shrugs))
Grinity

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