alt Hacker NewsIf kids are held back when they fail standards, shouldn't they also be allowed to race ahead when they exceed them?
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datadrivenangel • yesterday at 10:27 PM
Yes. That's the whole idea of adaptive/personalized learning.
There are some interesting ethical questions about disparity of outcomes, but we should aim to have a system that educates each individual as best we can (without leaving kids behind). The current system of bludgeoning every individual student to be the same is not working well.
nsxwolf • yesterday at 10:11 PM
Always used to be the case, is that no longer an option?
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MagicMoonlight • yesterday at 9:59 PM
No, because you’ll end up really dysfunctional if you’re a child in a class with 18 year olds.
eigencoder • yesterday at 9:46 PM
Absolutely
ihsw • yesterday at 9:26 PM
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Off the top of my head I don't have problem with this, but the topic is about declining scores so I'm not sure how relevant this is.