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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"[i]Finnish schools do not have classes for gifted students[/i]." I wish we'd go that route here. The whole AAP and/or gifted thing is out of control anymore.[/quote] The forced academic learning of the 2-4 year olds is also the wrong way to go. Very young children learn through play. The brain adapts and molds. Studies all show that kids in a play-based environment in the early years start to show real advantages by third grade. The problem is our school systems have already tracked by then. Tiger moms doing flash cards and Kumon up the wazoo make it difficult for real and appropriate learning to take place. Their child is oh so bored. Not gifted, bored because he's already been through all of the 2nd grade materials before he even reaches K.[/quote] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/best-education-in-the-wor_n_2199795.html Top five were, South Korea, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. The other four do exactly the things you are critical of. Singapore in particular stands out since since it is ethnically diverse, and has to deal with the massive headache of differing "native" lanugages, and teaching in a different common language (English) that many residents do not speak natively. Of course, none of that fits your narrative, so it doesn't get mentioned. More data: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/american-students-what-th_n_1076268.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-07/teens-in-u-s-rank-25th-on-math-test-trail-in-science-reading.html[/quote]
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