https://padlet.com/shammer3/q6qccte6rtx6 What are your thoughts on the gap between independent school practice and current research? en-us 2017-03-21 21:26:04 UTC 2017-03-23 16:04:17 UTC hello@padlet.com shilliard3 https://padlet.com/shammer3/q6qccte6rtx6/wish/162132511 We are focusing on Middle School.
Gay Lee - We need more research on the Independent School. How big is the gap between honors and non-honors?
Gail - Many Independent schools offer accelerated curriculum so even the regular classes are challenging (no remedial). Another point, Gail's son John thought his strengths were in math & science in MS, but in HS his Language Arts skills developed and he ended up being a philosophy and literature in college. So, how do kids decide passions in MS?
Gay Lee - Do they lead with their strengths, or do they follow their friends? Maybe they are so friend focussed that they would make passion decisions based on friendship rather than abilities.
Also, there is the parent factor - lots of the parents make decisions for their children based on what they think is important.
Sally - there is the danger of the fixed mindset, where kids label themselves as good or bad with honors/regular structure.
Gay Lee- maybe we can change the label to "accelerated" instead of honors. Gay Lee likes the division of regular and accelerated in 7th & 8th.
Gail - Also, she teaches different aged children differently. Mixing classes with different ages would be challenging and we would need professional development on how to handle that.
Even in the 21st century model, kids would know whether they were as good as their peers in a discipline, or struggling. They would have the sense of their relative position and might still develop a fixed mindset about their abilities
Spanish - current structure - its more of the 21st century model, based on ability rather than age.
How will high schools receive our kids?

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