Public School Donationn

[renim]

FWIW

ohh look, Australia and USA straddle the OECD average

 

[ohmman]

I can't speak about American schools, but what I can say about primary schools in Australia is the diversity of competence of students in the class room is profound. I've experienced 5th graders with a reading level similar to advanced preppies (year before year 1). How teachers handle this is beyond me.

I will note that primary school teachers from China have said our class sizes are too small, and the class contains too many distracting visual cues. I can't see any other alternative to STEM becoming an Asian endeavor, our school systems almost makes that inevitable.

This is one of the long list of reasons that mixed age classrooms and project based curricula make sense.

 

[robski]

Why would you worry about if the teacher knows who contributed & if there is a bias against those who didn't. You're going to contribute, right?

Yes, I always do the full amount. I was more or less curious. thanks.