School children shouldn’t have to pay the price for untenable orthodoxies about learning
· livemint.com
A no exams, no 'failing' policy for school children till age 15 may have seemed like a progressive idea, but how did it work out? While continuous evaluation was supposed to keep learning on track, a whole generation of students had to bear the cost.
The case against detention is equally strong. There is almost no evidence that repeating a year improves learning and much on how ‘failing’ a child can hurt...