yimmer

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   by yimmer 13y ago

   Obviously, one size fits all classrooms don't work - but this must not be used as an excuse to further existing inequalities. I hear a lot more horror stories about people being discouraged from sufficiently challenging material than b
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   by yimmer 13y ago

   Thank you. I didn't go into these points in my post for fear of covering too much ground, but you have written them up well. Lead, nutrition, and environment are all big factors.
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   by yimmer 13y ago

   An extremely basic knowledge of statistics would show you that for a set of overlapping bell curves with a reasonably sized standard deviation, a difference of a few percent in the median is far too little to make a statement like "Gro
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   by yimmer 13y ago

   The requirements are partly political, and accurately certifying competence for the number of people required to teach is not a solved problem. Teachers dedicate themselves to teaching for numerous reasons. They don't take on student l
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   by yimmer 13y ago

   I've been schooled in several systems, and done "distance learning" as well; all of it was secular, and I'm not religious. The competence of my teachers varied; I had one math teacher, in a Canadian public school, who re