I have been at the Wyoming School Boards Association annual workshop the past couple of days and was listening to the keynote speaker yesterday, Mossi White when she said something about high expectations and student success. Miss White said, "the biggest predictor of increases in student achievement is the belief of adults that a difference can be made." I did a little research to try to find the study and one in Michigan echoed, somewhat, that sentiment.
The Michigan study showed that parental expectations of learning was a large predictor of achievement success. I would be interested to find others that mention something similar, but what Mossi said made sense. If we - both teachers and parents and all adults for that matter - have high expectations for our students, those students are more likely to find education valuable. Although we may disagree on certain aspects of schooling as it exists today, I think we can all agree that education is valuable and we must continue to hold high expectations for student achievement. What do you believe?
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What does "having high expectations look like?" Is it better grades? Doing the homework? Expecting more homework? I'm not sure we have nailed down what this would look like and how to be part of it.
I would agree there are more questions than answers at this point. As we go through the process of answering the first question, I believe the answers will come.
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