首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
All over the world, your chances of success in school and life depend more on your family circumstances than on any other factor
All over the world, your chances of success in school and life depend more on your family circumstances than on any other factor
admin
2017-01-15
69
问题
All over the world, your chances of success in school and life depend more on your family circumstances than on any other factor. By age three, kids with professional parents are already a full year ahead of their poorer peers. They know twice as many words and score 40 points higher on IQ tests. By age 10, the gap is three years. By then, some poor children have not mastered basic reading and math skills, and many never will; this is the age at which failure starts to become irreversible.
A few school systems seem to have figured out how to erase these gaps. Finland ensures that every child completes basic education and meets a rigorous standard. One Finnish district official, asked about the number of children who don’t complete school in her city, replied, "I can tell you their names if you want." In the United States, KIPP charter schools enroll students from the poorest families and ensure that almost every one of them graduates high school—80 percent make it to college. Singapore narrowed its achievement gap among ethnic minorities from 17 percent to 5 percent over 20 years.
These success stories offer lessons for the rest of us. First, get children into school early. High-quality pre-schooling does more for a child’s chances in school and life than any other educational intervention. One study, which began in the 1960s, tracked two groups of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Some were given the opportunity to attend a high-quality pre-school; others were not. Thirty-five years later, the kids who went to pre-school earned more, had better jobs, and were less likely to have been in prison or divorced.
Second, recognize that the average kid spends about half his waking hours up until the age of 18 outside of school—don’t ignore that time. KIPP students spend 60 percent more time in school than the average American students. They arrive earlier, leave later, attend more regularly, and even go to school every other Saturday. Similarly, in 1996, Chile extended its school day to add the equivalent of more than two more years of schooling.
Third, pour lots of effort to train teachers. Studies in the United States have shown that kids with the most effective teachers learn three times as much as those with the least effective. Systems such as Singapore’s are choosy about recruiting; they invest in training and continuing education; they evaluate teachers regularly, and they award bonuses only to the top performers.
Finally, recognize the value of individualized attention. In Finland, kids who start to struggle receive one-on-one support from their teachers. Roughly one in three Finnish students also gets extra help from a tutor each year. If we can learn the lesson of what works, we can build on it.
What can we infer from the Finnish district official’s reply in Paragraph 2?
选项
A、She expressed a desire to show off her good memory.
B、She is willing to offer the information at any time.
C、Her job requires her to remember all the students’ names.
D、The basic education is paid much attention to in Finland.
答案
D
解析
推理题。第二段提到,一些教育体系似乎找到了消除这种差距的方法,芬兰确保每个孩子完成基础教育并能达到严格的标准。可知,芬兰是重视基础教育的,所以[D]“基础教育在芬兰很受重视”是正确答案。[A]“她想要炫耀自己良好的记忆力”、[B]“她乐意随时提供信息”和[C]“她的工作要求她记住所有学生的名字”均不符合文意,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ayJK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Weshouldmakeaclear______between"competent"and"proficient"forthepurposesofourdiscussion.
LinguisticresearchershavegraduallycometounderstandhowandwhysomanyteenagerssoundlikeDizzeeRascal,arapperfromB
Curioustouristsandreportersfromaroundtheglobeare______uponthepeacefulvillages.
Thediscoveryofnewoil-fieldsinvariouspartsofthecountryfilledthegovernmentwith______hope.
Maryhopestobe______fromhospitalnextweek.
Asforadviceforlawstudentsconsideringstartingtheirownpracticesshortlyaftergraduation,Billhasafewwordsof______.
In2012LondonOlympicGames,negativecompetitionforthefinalgoldmedaloccurredinbadmintoncompetitions.Somebelievetha
Theyoungwomanwasplayinghardtogetbutactuallyshewantedtogoonadatewiththeyoungman.Theunderlinedpartmeans__
What’sthepercentageofoverseasstudentsinCityUniversity,London?
HowfluentlyshespeaksChinese!Theitalicizedpartis______.
随机试题
关于刑事管辖权,下列哪些选项是正确的?()(2007/2/51)
侧脑室前角外侧为下列哪个结构
男性,30岁,1周前左上腹被撞伤,当时有腹痛伴局部压痛,未予处理。今日上厕所时突然昏倒,面色苍白,脉细速。考虑可能是
已知在M10水泥砂浆砖基础中,每1Om3的定额基价为125431元,其中人工费30336元,材料费93165元,机械费1930元。每10m3的M10水泥砂浆定额用量为236m3,M10水泥砂浆单价为每立方米11082元,M15水泥砂浆单价为每立方米1225
担保方式中,必须由第三人为一方当事人提供担保的是()。
劳动法基本原则的作用包括()。
9岁的田田是一个很聪明的孩子,特别是语言表达方面比较突出,思维清晰,反应敏捷,平时喜欢做手工和小种植。在学校里有时与同学有小纠纷,他总说是别人的错而不反思自己的问题,在学习上不愿意花精力投入。家长对孩子的管理是粗放的、随意的,管得紧一点时,孩子表现就好一些
新形势下党面临的“四大考验”不包括()。
你如何克服“三小”?
“物质的抽象,自然规律的抽象,价值的抽象以及其他等等,一句话,一切科学的抽象都更深刻、更正确、更完全地反映着自然。”这一论断说明()。
最新回复
(
0
)