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[–] protist@retrofed.com 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

One on one isn't even necessary, look at the Montessori curriculum, two competent Montessori guides can manage a classroom of 30 kids with each kid working at their own pace (within guardrails, of course). The structure of public education in the US is a problem in addition to chronic underfunding

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[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Montessori style education works very well for certain learning types, but often under-supports others and can suffer from poor implementation just like any other educational model. One-on-one is far superior for some students, and that will never not be the case.

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Thinking back to my school days 15 students in a class was okay. I think I'd prefer that instead of 30 students and two teachers.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

or 30 and 1 teacher, which was pretty much the norm in 90s and 2000s.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

in a private school that is almost guaranteed, in public schools impossible, also districts are cheap and wont hire enough teachers(contractwise)to deal with this.

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 3 points 3 months ago

Public schools aren't "cheap," they lack the funding to either implement a ratio like this or to pay enough to recruit and retain talented staff

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