Chapter 19 educate

Smart kids who go to school at night——A barrier to American enlightenment education One of my favorite TV shows from the 1990s was Doogie Howser (MD), which reflected the saner side of the American dream—if Doogie was smart enough to be 10, he could finish Princeton , then he could be a teenage surgeon regardless of the routine.The United States once gathered some talented young people who broke through the shackles of the educational system and emerged suddenly.Carl Sagan finished high school at the age of 16.Stephen Hawking graduated from Oxford at the age of 20.Mozart started touring when he was only 6 years old.

well!There will be no more such things.The biggest trend in education today is the opposite: inhibiting a child's development.And the "smarter" they are (or, statistically speaking, the more likely they are to succeed), the more likely they are to be delayed. Known as "deferral," it's like putting off college athletes for a year so they don't compete until they're a year older.A 2005 report by the U.S. Department of Education found that nearly 10 percent of U.S. kindergarten students actually start school a year earlier. Who caused this situation?Generally, the children who are deferred are boys, and their parents are white, well-educated.A good education teaches them how good it feels to be at the top of the class—and they want their children to feel that, even if their children are smaller, less top-notch, and less intelligent than their peers. Not as well developed or capable.So, the way they solve the problem is to enroll their kids in school with kids who are a year younger than them.

The practice is especially prevalent in private schools and wealthy families.An analysis of Connecticut education data showed that the rate of deferred enrollment rose to 20 percent in affluent areas, compared with 2 to 3 percent in low-income areas. Once something starts, it's hard to reverse.Soon, even if you're not a very competitive parent, you'll feel like you're not doing enough if you don't let your kid go to school a year late, because if you put your kid in Kindergarten at 5, you're going to make In the future, the child will compete with classmates who are a full year older than him.The irony, of course, is that the more families that do this, the smaller the competitive advantage.One observer dubbed this phenomenon the Kindergarten Arms Race.

Perhaps more ironically, this approach doesn't seem to be working.Most studies of deferred entry students conclude that deferred entry children do not do better academically than their younger peers in the long run, and that by third grade all short-term advantages are gone up. From a trend-spotting perspective, smart kids who go to school at night are only interesting if they take into account the widening gap between rich and poor in America.Students from low-income backgrounds who used to appear not to be challenging enough to compete with privileged students (whose parents were college-educated and who began preparing for college entrance exams while their mothers were still pregnant) now come from low-income Students in the family are a full year younger than their classmates.

But the truth is, evening kindergarteners are a much bigger trend than gifted children.In addition to children whose parents are deferring entry for personal reasons, there is another group of students whose numbers are steadily rising: students whose schools have delayed them for institutional reasons.If deferring entry means deliberately keeping 5-year-olds out of kindergarten, what schools have been quietly doing is changing the entry age for students. Over the past 25 years—states have responded to bold new standards introduced by the federal government in the 1980s (the goal of which was to impose stricter regulations on American elementary schools)—nearly every state has moved kindergarten registration deadlines to From December to around September, it can ensure that children who have just turned 5 years old will enter kindergarten in the coming year.In some private schools, Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by April or May of the year they enroll.It's also a way to guarantee greater "success" for the school -- at least that's the standard people stare at.

As a result, the United States has been delaying the start of formal education without unified planning or endorsement by the federal government. The Chicago Tribune called it "the aging of kindergarten." In the past, almost no 6-year-olds were still in kindergarten, but now, there are so many 6-year-olds in kindergartens, 1 in every 5 children is 6 years old. Who cares about that other than parents who have to pay for an extra year of childcare and teachers who might watch their kids play tricks during breaks?We can extrapolate that this could be a very big deal for the US.Because, you can put off the age of school, but unless you deal with other life events without considering age, otherwise, you will face some unexpected results that you did not have before.for example:

▲Sex in middle school.Researchers tell us that the average age for Americans to lose their virginity is 16.9 years.In this way, if this age was in the tenth grade in the past, it is now in the ninth grade.We can expect a nationwide protest against the sexuality of middle school students in the next few years. ▲A soldier in the eleventh grade.One of the benefits of having young people graduate from secondary school at 18 is that 18 is a clear cutoff for a person to become an adult in terms of legal responsibilities, voting rights, and military service.But now if kids don't graduate from high school until they're 19, then the draft board will have to look to America's 11th graders if it's the next draft.So what will happen?Especially for those overly cautious parents?

▲High school voters.We don't need mock national elections in high schools anymore -- we need real elections.Perhaps presidential candidates will have to target high school administrators in their canvassing campaigns. ▲A rapist in the twelfth grade.If a couple in their high school senior year -- a boy at 19 and a girl at, say, 17½ ​​-- had sex, the boy could be legally convicted of rape.For him, there was no such thing as a juvenile—he was already an adult with full rights and obligations. Of course, people will say that it is a good thing for students (especially boys) to go to school late.Since it is known that “girls mature faster than boys,” boys starting school a little later may end up narrowing the developmental gap between boys and girls.And since girls outperform boys in college enrollment and graduation rates, starting school later might be a good way to reinvigorate boys.

Of course, you can certainly understand parents who want to spend an extra year with their beloved children.What parent doesn't want to see their child in graduation gowns sooner?Which parent does not lament the passing of time?Especially in this day and age when conception treatments are so common, I know many parents who feel they are going to such lengths to have their own baby that they would never let go of their baby, not even a year earlier.But from the standpoint of the kids, many of them also benefit greatly, taking advantage of being a year older than their peers so they may stand out and may not be bullied at school.It stands to reason that it is as important to one's education as algebra.

However, future schools will have to plan for more parking lots.Maybe, we needed it when we were in eighth grade. American Homeschooled Children Several trends are coming together to form a growing cohort of YourHomeHS graduates — as the homeschooling movement is becoming an important form of education and gaining a foothold.Homeschooling, once considered a wacky idea, is now all the rage and considered the best way to raise a child in a crazy online world. What makes some parents homeschool their children?Perhaps, they think that none of the public schools are good—a system of education that many Americans look down upon.Perhaps they resent the presence of drugs, guns and other dangers in schools (the US has more school shootings than any other country).Perhaps they want their kids to get more religious education than they get in American public schools, and not learn nasty theories like evolution.In a world of respectable parents who don't want to leave their kids alone, isn't the best way to love your kids is to keep them off the school bus?

So, the number of homeschooled kids in America is on the rise.In the early 1970s, when the modern homeschooling movement was just born, it attracted only 2,000 supporters. Since then, between 1999 (the first year the U.S. Department of Education took this approach seriously) and 2003, The number of homeschooled children in the United States has increased almost 30 percent, from 850,000 to 1.1 million. The rise in numbers reflects an increase in homeschooled children as a percentage of the U.S. school-age population from 1.7 percent to 2.2 percent.While 2.2% may seem insignificant in a school-age population of more than 55 million, there are actually more homeschooled students in the United States than charter and voucher school students combined. So who the hell is talking about homeschooling? It may be a matter of time.When President Reagan took office in 1981, homeschooling was illegal in most states; now, it is legal in all states.Hundreds of organizations, websites, and conferences have come forward to encourage and support homeschooling.The production and sale of homeschool-related textbooks, curriculum, CD-ROMs, and other homeschool-focused instructional materials is estimated to be worth $850 million annually.Major bookstores, movie theaters and museums are now offering special targeted discounts to homeschooling families. Even though U.S. colleges generally require strict adherence to uniform transcripts, test scores, and application forms, they have flexed the rules when accepting applications from homeschooled youth, acknowledging parental restrictions. Course and student profiles. In 2000, only 52 percent of colleges had a formal policy of evaluating homeschooled students; by 2005, 83 percent had such a policy.That same year, a study showed that homeschooled students scored 81 points higher than the national average on the College Admission Test (SAT), a clear boon for such a policy. The movement also owes its growth to homeschooling top students who have national renown.While homeschooled children make up only 2 percent of the nation's school-age children, they make up 12 percent of the finalists in the National Spelling Bee.Homeschooled kids have won the National Geography Bee in three of the last seven years (the 2002 winner was 10 years old, the youngest in the contest's history). In 2001, a homeschooled boy from Montana finished high school at age 15 but felt he wasn't ready for college, so he wrote a novel—"Dragon Rider" ( Eragon), which became a bestseller and was made into a movie in 2006 starring Jeremy Irons.Even "lonelygirl15," once the world's top-ranked vlogger, claims to be a homeschooled American teen. And so, as a country, we're starting to calm down about homeschooling.In 2001, the percentage of Americans who said it was a good thing rose to 41%, from 16% in 1985. Who are the people who study science in their backyards, or maths on a restaurant table or in a supermarket? In the United States, more than three-quarters of homeschooled children are white. 62% were from families with at least 3 siblings – meaning that those parents who homeschooled their children loved their children to begin with, or that the synergistic effect of a “class” of multiple students made homeschooling easier. Going to school is more attractive. (Just imagine how siblings in these classes compete.) While the occasional homeschoolers are the ultra-wealthy families who take advantage of homeschooling opportunities for their kids to study art, travel the world, and whatnot, there are still 54 percent of homeschoolers % earn only $50,000 or less.Nearly 80 percent of households earn $75,000 or less. More than 40 percent of homeschooled students live in the South. While there is a common and well-worn narrative that homeschooling families are Christian, conservative, and creationist—indeed, as listed on the HomeSchoolLegalDefenseAssociation's website 60% of institutions are tasked with spreading Christianity – yet a recent study by the U.S. Department of Education found that only 30% of parents who homeschool their children cite teaching religion and morality as their main reason for doing so .Almost 31% of parents stated that their main reason for doing so was to remove their child from the unfavorable environment of school (school safety hazards, drugs or negative pressure from classmates), and another 16% said They are dissatisfied with the educational level of the school. It is true that many parents who homeschool their children do so because they do not want their children to learn evolution - or do not want them to be taught it in a "government school" as required, but homeschooling is now subject to all sorts of criticisms. Parental support, generally speaking, these parents just think that they can teach their children better at home.Now that thousands of lesson plans are readily available on the Internet -- and the Internet can also reduce the isolation that homeschooling can bring -- it's entirely possible for parents to do so. The implications of homeschooling are wide-ranging.First, there is a growing industry of retail services for homeschoolers—perhaps specifically for non-Christian homeschooled children.According to a 2003 federal study, fully 77 percent of families who homeschool their children rely on companies that specialize in homeschooling families to provide them with curriculum, textbooks and other instructional materials. Second, we can expect increasing litigation and legislation regarding homeschooling.There have been cases in the courts where parents of homeschooled children have been accused of "negligence" in divorce proceedings and cannot be homeschooled because the child turns 18 and does not attend a formal educational institution Veterans allowance. In 2005, Senator Larry Craig of Idaho introduced the "No Discrimination against Homeschooled Students Act," which aims to allow homeschooled students to compete with other students on scholarships, Equal status with respect to bursaries, grants and other government subsidies. Additionally, we can expect growing calls to regulate the practice of homeschooling.Since 2006, only six states have imposed "strict" regulations on the practice, requiring parents to notify authorities and submit student test scores if there are homeschooled children in the household, and in some cases, these Students are expected to take courses with government approval, submit proof of parental teaching qualifications, or receive home visits from government officials.On the other hand, 10 states don't have any requirements for homeschooling -- or even homeschooling children without notifying the educational institution.It has been argued that the latter situation would at least lead to an undercounting of the number of students in education, or an overcounting of the number of students "deviating" from the education system. As the movement grows, homeschoolers are seeking more recognition and more help.Since 2005, 14 states have introduced bills requiring public schools to allow homeschooled students to participate in school extracurricular activities such as sports, drama and chess.Now that parents of homeschoolers pay property taxes, they seem to have good reason to enjoy local school facilities.Homeschooling is a typical little trend that doesn't fit in with the system.Although schools have become more complex, education has become more advanced, and most parents are too busy to spend time helping their children with homework, you can still see a group of dedicated Today's citizens are doing the exact opposite -- abandoning the existing system and doing it on their own.Apparently, they're willing to run around homeschooling their kids — you know what questions people ask them when they're out for a cocktail party or a dinner party? One of the great things that homeschooling kids do is clear the way for a simple idea in terms of law and governance.Breaking through stacks of rules and red tape to earn a place in the country, they have outgrown the movement's expectations. But homeschooling your child may face opposition from all sides.There are fewer students in the school, which means that there are fewer teachers in the school.Americans aren't always kind to people who do things differently, and homeschooled kids have to be accepted by public school kids -- socially, it can be hard on them.Even kids who fail the spelling bee complain that homeschooled kids have an unfair advantage because (supposedly) they learn spelling all day instead of math and science. Ultimately, as public schools become more of a worry for parents, more and more parents—parents from all walks of life—are taking matters of educating their children into their own hands.Homeschooling is bound to face opposition from defenders of public schools, as voucher and charter schools once experienced—though it is conceded that homeschooling does not require a full amortization of public resources.But at the same time, the burden is increasingly falling on American mothers, who are not only therapists and nutritionists, but also curriculum designers and science teachers. Is Home College Next?Undoubtedly, with the Internet's growing ability to use video, interact and build community, it is entirely possible that a second generation of homeschooling will emerge, one that is Internet-based, reaches a wider audience, and You can go directly to the university.Already there are companies that are taping lectures from top universities and possibly setting courses.This could start in the United States, but could also be rolled out more widely in more remote agricultural countries where going to school or college is out of the question.As traditional public schools become dispensable for more and more families, homeschooling may eventually be replaced by Internet-based homeschooling. international picture The U.S. is the global leader when it comes to homeschooling, with more than 1 million students studying in their living rooms, but several other countries have also jumped on the trend. While different countries have different laws, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada all allow children to be homeschooled.The number of homeschooled children in each of the above countries is in the tens of thousands, but this group is growing. In some countries, homeschooling appears to be happening behind the scenes. ▲ Japan's Ministry of Education does not recognize homeschooling as a viable educational option, and they can sue parents who keep their children at home.Unofficial estimates, however, put the number of homeschooled students in Japan at 2,000 to 3,000. ▲In Israel, the "Compulsory Education Law" (Compulsory Education Law) stipulates that all children must go to school.That said, keeping children out of school goes through a long and complicated bureaucratic process. ▲China legally stipulates that all children must go to school, but the existence of the Shanghai Home-School Association (Shanghai Home-School Association) proves that some families have taken advantage of the loophole. ▲Germany has made strict regulations on compulsory education since 1938, and has made great efforts to implement laws related to compulsory education. In 2006, the German government jailed a father for six months for homeschooling his children. In 2007, the German government sent a girl to a psychiatric hospital because of a doctor's diagnosis of "school phobia".The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Germany's compulsory education law. Why homeschool?Many parents cite the same reasons as American parents: fear of their children being bullied in school, concern about the declining quality of education, and want their children to receive more religious education than public schools.By the way, it's not just Christians who say this.A website called "Muslin Homeschool Network and Resource" (Muslin Homeschool Network and Resource) provides information for homeschooling Muslim children in the United States and Canada. While the homeschooling trend has been embraced by many, it cannot be entirely attributed to the Internet, which of course has played a role in promoting the homeschooling method around the world.There is already a thriving domestic market for American homeschooling materials, and now suddenly there is a growing international market.