"N.S. Gill" wrote: > Many homeschoolers learn to read late without any stigmatization. Not all > kids are ready to learn to read in first grade. Sure, most of them can be > forced, but one of the many advantages of homeschooling is that learning can > take place according to the kids' timetable. Nine and even ten is not too > old to learn to read, but if a child has already been stuck in a dummy's > class, it is probably too late for the child to avoid considering himself a > failure.
The solution is not necessarily homeschooling. The idea would be to to differentiate individual classes based on ability, not entire grades or tracks. So you might place a student in a reading class based on their skill level, but that should not limit their development in every other class. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
