> So if a kid is being bullied for learning to read, the answer is to stop teaching them to read? Is that really your suggestion?
Definitely not. Quite the contrary, actually.
My point is that folks shouldn’t be surprised that some kids in these types of environments have low or negative motivation to learn.
> And by the way, the statement "Some kids are educatable. Some are not." also comes from a sub-culture that is aggressively anti-intellectual.
All kids are able to learn — in fact, they are sponges.
The issue at hand is what do they learn and in what contexts.
Formal school-based learning is a tough sell in some contexts.
People continue to be shocked that throwing money at low SES students doesn’t meaningfully improve education outcomes, despite decades of data showing that it doesn’t.
The interventions that have been shown to work over and over again are:
1. Early interventions like the (old?) Head Start.
2. Increasing engagement at the community level, specifically with parental buy in. This is very hard to do, but can be done.
Once a community has embraced anti-intellectualism, all the school can really do is create a safe space in at least part of the school for those who want to learn.
You seem to be offended by my ideas. The ideas I present here are based on actual research. I encourage you to look into the literature and (if possible) talk to researchers and practitioners in environments that you are not native to (low SES rural, urban, and non-native speaker communities are good places to start).
Definitely not. Quite the contrary, actually.
My point is that folks shouldn’t be surprised that some kids in these types of environments have low or negative motivation to learn.
> And by the way, the statement "Some kids are educatable. Some are not." also comes from a sub-culture that is aggressively anti-intellectual.
All kids are able to learn — in fact, they are sponges.
The issue at hand is what do they learn and in what contexts.
Formal school-based learning is a tough sell in some contexts.
People continue to be shocked that throwing money at low SES students doesn’t meaningfully improve education outcomes, despite decades of data showing that it doesn’t.
The interventions that have been shown to work over and over again are:
1. Early interventions like the (old?) Head Start.
2. Increasing engagement at the community level, specifically with parental buy in. This is very hard to do, but can be done.
Once a community has embraced anti-intellectualism, all the school can really do is create a safe space in at least part of the school for those who want to learn.
You seem to be offended by my ideas. The ideas I present here are based on actual research. I encourage you to look into the literature and (if possible) talk to researchers and practitioners in environments that you are not native to (low SES rural, urban, and non-native speaker communities are good places to start).