To the editor: Elevating college students who do properly on studying checks shouldn’t be the identical factor as elevating college students who wish to learn (“The nation’s college students are deep in a studying recession. Right here’s how L.A. and California slot in,” Could 13). The truth is, it’s fairly the other. We have now a complete era of scholars who’ve come to consider that the explanation to learn is to reply the trainer’s questions, to carry out properly on terrible standardized exams.
Faculties actively work to make youngsters hate studying, after which when their college students carry out poorly on checks, we blame the youngsters. The analysis is evident: Children who learn probably the most learn the perfect, so shouldn’t we shift classroom practices by first asking what we will do to make youngsters love studying? The solutions to this query are the place significant reform lies.
Kelly Gallagher, Santa Ana
This author is the creator of “Readicide: How Faculties Are Killing Studying and What You Can Do About It.”
