Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results

Re:Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising ... by ska on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @09:11AM (#17346232)

Agree on the limits of post-hoc reasoning.

In my limited experience, these kids may reacting positively not due to anything specific about chess or the program, rather to the fact that people seem to care about their development and options. Plus the fact they are being put through a non-antagonistic and less dangerous program than juvie.

I also think it's a great idea.

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Re:Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising ... by ghaff on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @10:54AM (#17347236)

In the same vein, it's unfortunately pretty common for pilot programs like this to be successful, in part because there's lots of attention and focus on success. Then you scale it up and the good results evaporate.

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Re:Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising ... by Verdex_3 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:49AM (#17347755)

Agree. Who do you get to do the pilot program for this sort of thing? The person who really has a passion for chess and believes that everyone can learn and even excel at it OR the person who's just trying to avoid going home where they have their own problems they are trying to avoid.

Also, which person do you imagine having a good effect on troubled youth.

And finally which person do you imagine they'll get when they mainline the program.

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Re:Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising ... by ska on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:57AM (#17347837)

Particularly true if your "scaling up" assumes you can reduce costs at the same time (other than economies of scale).

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