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<blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 2040421" data-attributes="member: 20740"><p>That's exemplary of the problem with public education. The idea of grade levels is absolutely absurd. Should the kid be pushed ahead to 6th grade without having proficiency in skills he/she will be required to utilize? No. Should the kid be kept in 5th grade due to deficiency in only one of numerous skills? No. The system from the ground up is designed to fail; or at least teach to the lowest common denominator, which IMO is failure.</p><p></p><p>Many private schools schools, especially at the secondary level, are much better at focusing on a child's skills and minimizing the impact of the weaknesses.</p><p></p><p>This probably varies from state to state (and maybe even on a district level), but everything I've ever seen indicates that public education is fairly similar across the country.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Really? I've been a student to two. I'm all for higher teacher wages. I'm also all for measuring performance and dropping those that consistently do poorly.</p><p></p><p>There is another problem, though, that our system does well at addressing. What do you do with all the highly educated people that would come out of a better system? It's bad enough that people with higher degrees can not work in their respective fields. If the average high school student came out with Bachelor's level education (which is quite possible, though probably would not be as specialized), the problem of over-education would only get worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reanjr, post: 2040421, member: 20740"] That's exemplary of the problem with public education. The idea of grade levels is absolutely absurd. Should the kid be pushed ahead to 6th grade without having proficiency in skills he/she will be required to utilize? No. Should the kid be kept in 5th grade due to deficiency in only one of numerous skills? No. The system from the ground up is designed to fail; or at least teach to the lowest common denominator, which IMO is failure. Many private schools schools, especially at the secondary level, are much better at focusing on a child's skills and minimizing the impact of the weaknesses. This probably varies from state to state (and maybe even on a district level), but everything I've ever seen indicates that public education is fairly similar across the country. Really? I've been a student to two. I'm all for higher teacher wages. I'm also all for measuring performance and dropping those that consistently do poorly. There is another problem, though, that our system does well at addressing. What do you do with all the highly educated people that would come out of a better system? It's bad enough that people with higher degrees can not work in their respective fields. If the average high school student came out with Bachelor's level education (which is quite possible, though probably would not be as specialized), the problem of over-education would only get worse. [/QUOTE]
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