This "achievement gap" is a phenomenon that has been
observed over and over again, and it typically provokes
one of two responses. The first response is that disadvantaged kids simply don't have the same inherent ability
to learn as children from more privileged backgrounds.
They're not as smart. The second, slightly more optimistic conclusion is that, in some way, our schools are failing poor children: we simply aren't doing a good enough
job of teaching them the skills they need.
When
it comes to reading skills, poor kids learn nothing when
school is not in session. The reading scores of the rich kids,
by contrast, go up by a whopping 52.49 points. Virtually
all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor
students is the result of differences in the way privileged
kids learn while they are not in school.
Cultures that
believe that the route to success lies in rising before dawn
360 days a year are scarcely going to give their children
three straight months off in the summer. The school year
in the United States is, on average, 180 days long. The
South Korean school year is 220 days long. The Japanese
school year is 243 days long.
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
observed over and over again, and it typically provokes
one of two responses. The first response is that disadvantaged kids simply don't have the same inherent ability
to learn as children from more privileged backgrounds.
They're not as smart. The second, slightly more optimistic conclusion is that, in some way, our schools are failing poor children: we simply aren't doing a good enough
job of teaching them the skills they need.
When
it comes to reading skills, poor kids learn nothing when
school is not in session. The reading scores of the rich kids,
by contrast, go up by a whopping 52.49 points. Virtually
all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor
students is the result of differences in the way privileged
kids learn while they are not in school.
Cultures that
believe that the route to success lies in rising before dawn
360 days a year are scarcely going to give their children
three straight months off in the summer. The school year
in the United States is, on average, 180 days long. The
South Korean school year is 220 days long. The Japanese
school year is 243 days long.
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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