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This solution appeals to me, though I'm wondering what the implications are. Like what does a 12 year old who finished the curriculum do for the next 6 years?
by spiderice 4y ago
This solution appeals to me, though I'm wondering what the implications are. Like what does a 12 year old who finished the curriculum do for the next 6 years? Early college? Continue to go to public school anyway even though they've mastered everything?
I'm not suggesting the solution wouldn't work. Just interesting to think about the new problems that would arise from it. Especially given that public school doubles as "babysitting" for a lot of working parents.
- lapcat 4y ago> Like what does a 12 year old who finished the curriculum do for the next 6 years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doogie_Howser,_M.D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doogie_Howser,_M.D.
- beej71 4y ago> Like what does a 12 year old who finished the curriculum do for the next 6 years? Don't have a curriculum that "finishes". Put more material out there, even college-level. Maybe a student gets their PhD by 18, but they're unlikely to get it but 12. And if they do, congratulations. I think the concepts of grade levels and even different school types (elementary, high, college), useful as they are socially, are getting in the way. We should be trying to make it a granular, smooth progression all the way up.
- mattmcknight 4y agoI remember a girl in my area who had a masters before she got her high school diploma. https://www.gmu.edu/news/2017-05/class-2017-masons-youngest-graduate-will-be-just-17-when-she-receives-her-masters https://www.gmu.edu/news/2017-05/class-2017-masons-youngest-...