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• Title: Bridging the Gaps: Children in a Changing Society.
• Author : Childhood Education
• Release Date : January 22, 2003
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 192 KB

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At the 1985 Annual ACEI Conference in San Antonio, I discussed societal gaps in the care and education of children. Children and youth were rebelling against traditional norms of social behavior, becoming increasingly alienated from parents and teachers; too many were failing in school. Politicians concluded that teachers and teachers of teachers were at fault; the schools were "failing our young," they said. Parents questioned our commitment; governors and legislators questioned our competence; popular media depicted us as absent-minded, bungling, comical, and incompetent (Frost, 1986). This article continues the discussion about the gaps, but also describes ways to bridge the gaps to reach children's hearts and minds. Let us examine one example of why schools are "failing the young." An amusing yet telling Internet story making the rounds describes a purported message on a school answering machine. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children's failing grades changed to passing grades even though the children had excessive absences during the school year and did not complete their work.

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