Originally Posted by ColinsMum
Originally Posted by gratified3
I'd have core subjects at the same time every day and fluid levels so a kid could move around from subject to subject at different levels.
I want to pick this up, not to pick on you G3 but because it's often suggested as a thing schools could do, but seems to me counterproductive (after about the first couple of years, at least). Why? Because it means you can't have those subjects being taught by subject-specialists, and I think that's *crucial*, at least for maths which is what I know most about.

What I've seen in schools that work this way is that the least 'math-understanding' teachers teach at the very lowest levels, and the kids who 'drink math' skip right over those classrooms.

Hiring teachers who know lots about their favorite subjects will help.

Having kids be able to be graded against multiple rubics is something I would love to see much more of. That way a kid who is too tiny to write clearly, but needs to be in High School level classes can take them for as many years as nescessary. Like reading a good book over when you have more life experience!

Smiles,
Grinity


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