Re:Ways to save American education
by eof on Thursday December 15, 2011 @03:09AM
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First of all, its bright students teaching other bright students--if that wasn't clear.
Second, you are only looking at half the equation. That 7th grader spending time with a smart 6th grader is also spending time with a smart 8th grader.
The benefit comes from the (fact? hypothesis?) that bright children within a couple of years from each other will get a hell of a lot more bang for their buck than the time they spend with their (statistically) relatively average teachers that have lost touch with that part of their development cycle.
Second, you are only looking at half the equation. That 7th grader spending time with a smart 6th grader is also spending time with a smart 8th grader.
The benefit comes from the (fact? hypothesis?) that bright children within a couple of years from each other will get a hell of a lot more bang for their buck than the time they spend with their (statistically) relatively average teachers that have lost touch with that part of their development cycle.