I do not agree with the emphasis on pre-K one jot, so all of these negative factors (hunger, violence etc) miraculously disappear post pre-k? Come on!

Obviously, if someone has not reached an average level of attainment by gradeX then they are not going to follow along at gradeX+Y unless they are brighter than average and lucky. Do we really need a funded study to prove that????



I think that insisting that the public schools focus on dragging sub-average students up to average (NCLB) instead of allowing the truly bright to excel is entirely the wrong direction to head in. NCLB is basically walling in the brighter children of lower income parents and utterly smothering the majority of legal chances at social mobility


Last edited by madeinuk; 05/01/13 09:03 AM.
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