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The bottom 10-20% (larger in 'inner city' schools) of people with behavioral issues will always ruin it for everyone else. Behavioral issues negatively correla
by underpand 7y ago
The bottom 10-20% (larger in 'inner city' schools) of people with behavioral issues will always ruin it for everyone else.
Behavioral issues negatively correlates with intelligence and effort in school (by both the parents and the students). Increased tracking (i.e. separate low achieving and regular achieving) can be used to 'rescue' the majority of students that are average from having their education disrupted from the behavioral issue kids. Effort and behavioral (i.e. evaluate based on behavioral infractions) based hoops for parents and students can be used to separate the low achieving from the disruptive.
- borski 7y agoBe careful how you define 'behavioral issues.' I think I know what you mean, but you should more carefully define it; I had plenty of behavioral issues. In fact, I was constantly in trouble for talking too much, not paying attention, being loud, etc. I was bored af. But I wasn't doing drugs or fighting (minus the one or two times), so there's that.
- nitrogen 7y agoAlso need to be careful not to lump the bully and the victim into the same category of "fighting". Both need different interventions.
- liability 7y agoOn the other hand, there will be some fights that defy such classification of the participants. In those circumstances, improperly classifying one participant as the victim and the other as the bully can make the situation worse than it was before.