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Much of the research states otherwise. While there are certainly instances of your anecdote that do occur, the rule seems to be that higher achieving students function better with …

How many nba players do you think spent years working on layups and nothing else? The push themselves. They work on what they're not good at yet, and in doing that, improve at the …

I've never understood the reasoning that administration and teachers put forth that the smart and "gifted" need to set an example for the other kids. A student is at school to be t…

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So, in other words, kids who delay kindergarten (and had another full year of pre-K in-leiu) tended to do better at sitting still in a classroom after a full year of practice than …

Well, their reasoning may be faulty, but I'm not entirely sure the result is wrong. In my opinion, computers should be avoided (in schools) when the teachers have no idea what they…

Oh they do, depending on how you define "mature". The primary difference isn't really an age thing though. Typically, girls in classrooms are perfectly happy to sit still and liste…

My now-6-year-old learned to count backwards before he could count forward. Rockets! I've definitely been happy with some of the concepts that are taught early (like 0) and not qui…

It heavily depends on previous experience. Whether the child is taught at home or attends a pre-school and what that pre-school is trying to teach. Education is a bit of a passion …

Similar to just about anything I read these days about parenting, I found some things I agreed with and a few that I don't. What has always been troubling to me however, is "our" (…

There are some limitations still, but ubuntu juju [1] was the first thing that came to mind that somewhat fulfills the requirements. [1] https://juju.ubuntu.com/