Jim Dueck

Being Fair with Kids (eBook, PDF)

School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The current practice of having children begin school within a twelve-month cohort is unfair but can be ameliorated by incorporating a dual-entry system. Such a reform effort will dramatically reduce failure, improve student achievement at all levels, while reducing expenditures. Many students are penalized from maximizing their academic potential simply by being born at the wrong time of the year. Not only is there a significant decline in achievement for students born in the second half of the year but they also experience higher rates of failure which negatively impacts self-esteem and reduces future success. Meanwhile, more capable students experience unfairness because of the school's extraordinary effort at helping their failing students. With so much focus on the weak, many strong students are held back from achieving their potential. Parents agonize over when to begin their child's formal education but lack data for making informed decisions. Educators understand the issue intuitively but decision makers lack data for justifying reform. These informational needs are now available.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216235194
• Artikelnr.: 74841654

Autorenporträt

Jim Dueck served as a teacher, principal, superintendent and assistant deputy minister during his 40-year career. More than 50 countries sought his opinions about accountability and also played a key role in launching the U.S. Race to the Top Initiative and Common Core.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1: Fairness to Students
CHAPTER 2: Low Expectations Provide for Mediocre Education
CHAPTER 3: Birth Rather Than Worth Counts Too Much
CHAPTER 4: Relative-Age-Effect in Education
CHAPTER 5: The Annual, Single-Entry Date
CHAPTER 6: A Critical Decision Moment
CHAPTER 7:Grade Level of Achievement
CHAPTER 8: It Is What It Isn't
CHAPTER 9: Student Achievement by Birth Month
CHAPTER 10: Getting Older Doesn't Make It Go Away
CHAPTER 11: Education's Glass Ceiling
CHAPTER 12: Teacher Gender and Fairness to Boys
CHAPTER 13: Social Promotion
CHAPTER 14: Accommodating Our Best And Brightest
CHAPTER 15: A Global Perspective
CHAPTER 16: The Finland Solution: Less Is More
CHAPTER 17: New Zealand Solution
CHAPTER 18: Getting Down To 'Brass Tacks'
CHAPTER 19: Getting Practical
CHAPTER 20: Dual-Entry Is Not New
CHAPTER 21: Conclusion
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