Too many pupils "Failures at seven"

[Bellend Sebastian]

My missus bought an American book called 'Teach Your Baby to Read'.

 

We've been showing the boy big cards with a single word every day for weeks now and I can confidently say that he can read f*** all.

 

It seemed a good place to start

[Guest MattP]

Yes quite so , it seems a very unlikely place and environment .

 

But loads of tory  MPs probably don't know who their dads are , if you catch my drift

 

 

 

 

Actually this scurrilous charge probably applies to other politicians too   

 

I was going to say.

[Webbo]

My missus bought an American book called 'Teach Your Baby to Read'.

 

We've been showing the boy big cards with a single word every day for weeks now and I can confidently say that he can read f*** all.

 

It seemed a good place to start

I worked at a house once where they had babies and everything in the house had a big label on it i.e every door had a piece of card stuck to it with door written on it etc. I laughed to myself at the time but I still know the family and their daughter is going to university so who knows?

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

According to this rather depressing study, if your kids haven't nailed reading early enough and fall behind at seven, we are not able to bring them in line with those who dont fall behind by the time they sit their GCSEs.

 

This is not about Rich vs Poor, this is about lving in a home that encourages and values reading and education in general.

 

Seeing as we have had quite a whinging thread about teaching recently, how about some positivie thinking??  What do we change to improve the outlook for these kids and stop another generation falling into this trap? Before and at school.

Spot on yet again Jon. Parents have as much responsibility as teachers to educate their children, and encouraging them to read books, instead of allowing them to play daft games on computers all the time.

Sadly, many parents just aren't interested in their child's well being and education.

[Merging Cultures]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24433320

Obviously I'm not a teacher so I'm not qualified to comment but it seems the experts who ran education before Michael Gove weren't doing the brilliant job they thought they were.

Interesting how the USA came bottom. That right wing utopia.

Many reasons for that. One is that parents in Texas, the largest buyer of text books in the USA, decide the curriculum. Therefore, the text book publishers edit text books accordingly.

Unfortunately, the most vocal of parents who push through their ideas are right wing evangelicals. So, kids are being taught what their parents know...

Also, lots of home schooling in the USA. They'll try to convince you those kids do better. Your Mum might be very smart, but do you think you'd learn as much as you would by being taught by professionals?