Although, according to this teacher/blogger it takes longer than 3rd grade to level the playing field since teachers professors have embraced constructivist theory of education and without phonics the ability gap widens.
http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/Smart-Teachers-in-Stupid-Schools.aspxGranted the teacher mentions Special Ed, but notice she says few ADULTS are as responsible as constructivists expect children to be.
�It's the anti-unschool. �
I'm not anti-unschool. �I forgot who said it, but someone here said, "here we support whatever's working for your family. �We're a very eclectic mix."
Eta: �what I've heard about headstart is that it's not really educational, it's mostly to teach needy kids to wash their hands and say please and thank you, things the parents usually teach. �My mom told me that about head start when I was a kid and asked about it.
Hothousing is more like the Amy Chau, tiger moms who make their kids practice the fiddle instead of watching cartoons and that's something the headstart kids can't afford. �
"Hothoused Children"
That book was scathingly �called, "The Dilemma Of The Instant Expert"
"Or, how a childless writer with no experience as an educator nevertheless decides to tell parents of gifted children where they've gone wrong." �
Read the full �review here:
http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/articles/hothousedkids.htmlThe reviewer of the famous "Hothoused Kids" book attributes the author with saying that �there�s a continuum of involved parents, ranging from committed, to extreme committed, to too-extreme.�. ��
I've gotta be somewhere in that range, methinks.
