Re:The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
by icelancer on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:49PM
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Raise our averages and lower our standards. Great.
Re:The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
by ska on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:10PM
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You're pretty far off the mark here.
Not that I necessarily endorse the approach either, but it comes from a social welfare perspective, nothing to do with raising averages. More to do with raising citizens, as it were.
A bright kid with a decent social support system may not find a place in the schools, but will make a place forthemselves outside that system. A kid who is struggling to read at grade level, who comes from an impoverished and/or abusive social network - this kid may have two strikes against them before they show up at all, and warrants the extra effort to try and help lift themselves out of there circumstances.