In this "slow fix," teachers learn to design rigorous but creative curriculum, not merely present textbook fare — a dramatic change.
In summer the system is slower because teachers are all being vetted.
Let's hope for the day a slow invasion of teachers has finally rendered our military presence obsolete.
Thin and with colorless brown-gray hair and grayish eyes, yet with a boy-size nose and chin, and no trace of her mother's vivid beauty, Dakotah hunched over and kept to herself at school, was considered somewhat slow by her teachers.
The debate over how New York City closes its failing schools has long existed between two poles: those who claim that the slow drawdown of teachers and course offerings hurts the students who remain, and those who maintain that the decreasing enrollment allows for smaller class sizes and more personal attention.
"When the teacher slows down the pace of the class, it has a great impact on the progress of the class," said one head teacher, Mayas Ahmar.
Do what work you have slower, unless your teacher will just give you homework the second class ends.
In addition, students are not randomly assigned to teachers; indeed, principals may deliberately assign slow learners to certain teachers, unfairly lowering their scores.
Later, as a teen-ager, when he discovered he could chip in funny words to complete his chemistry teacher's slow sentences ("My hit rate was one in five"), he found a way to banish gravity; he also found a public ("I became popular").
Slow progress means many teachers are struggling to cope with planning decisions – and facing tough conversations with students and parents.
