tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post330533525918395550..comments2024-03-18T13:27:42.621-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: John King's ProblemPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-16997327242100144522015-10-14T04:58:59.890-04:002015-10-14T04:58:59.890-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02057848898946193969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-86298618533959773072015-10-13T18:01:05.141-04:002015-10-13T18:01:05.141-04:00Our former state superintendent, who was all about...Our former state superintendent, who was all about the stringent 3rd grade reading tests ("Between 3rd and 4th grade, students stop learning to read and start reading to learn" was the mantra) and holding kids back until they'd mastered the dictates of the state, gave an interview in which she told the story of one of her sons who struggled in school. He was a slow reader, but not held back, and thanks to the patience of his teachers and a commitment to keep him engaged and encouraged, eventually things started to click and by High School he was reading on grade level, then above, and now he's a nuclear physicist or some such thing.<br /><br />THEREFORE, she explained, we must be dogmatic and inflexible about 3rd grade reading tests.<br /><br />I could never get over the complete disconnect between the obvious point of her very personal story and what she thought it proved.@bluecerealeduchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522475396691986591noreply@blogger.com