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I honestly think that the best way to fix everything wrong in the world is to reduce class sizes in schools, and age categorisation seems like a good place to s

I honestly think that the best way to fix everything wrong in the world is to reduce class sizes in schools, and age categorisation seems like a good place to start. If there is such a difference between the academic results of a kid born in July and another one born in August, wouldn't it make sense to double the amount of classes and group the children in age groups of 6 months of length rather than a year of length?

cmrdporcupine 4y ago
The Montessori approach actually does the opposite re: age categorization. Small classes, yes, very. But classes with multiple age groups together. 3 year age spans is my recollection. Basically "junior elementary" and "senior elementary" and "adolescent" is how I've seen it grouped. Many ideas going on here, but partially it's younger kids learning from older kids or being able to access "older" material if they can handle it, encouraging mentoring relationships, not living under the illusion that just because two kids are the same age that they are measurable against each other on some skill sets, encouraging individualized learning paths, etc.