Re “Educators Tackling Problems in Two Crucial Age Groups” (Sept. 9)
Whenever a school is composed of students from different areas where each has been taught in a different style, at a different pace, and by a different teacher, getting everybody on an equal level of understanding is going to be a challenge.
The struggle Johnson College Prep has in trying to get all of its 9th grade students on the same page is something most high schools, colleges and universities across the nation can relate to. It is difficult for a student to excel in class when he never learned the information and skills the teacher or professor expects.
Regulating the information every U.S. elementary and high school feeds its pupils and at what pace could potentially fix this problem. Some may consider this restricting, but isn’t equal education worth letting the government be reasonably heavy-handed?
Jenna Long
Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 9, 2011
