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Old September 12th, 2009 #10
Anne
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Originally Posted by Alex Linder View Post
It's been proven kids who grow up and learn around adults do better intellectually and socially than kids who are imprisoned with their peers for most of their waking childhood.
Yes, or if that's not possible, having a mixed-age learning environment is good. Interaction between different age groups stimulates learning and maturation.

BTW, you've mentioned creating a HS curriculum several times. While I don't have any experience with curriculum development, I'm wondering why a curriculum in use in a private school that emphasizes the classics/Western canon, wouldn't be adequate for White families. For many subjects, using textbooks written prior to the 1960's would be valuable, IMO.
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