Opinion: Why Some Students Don’t Raise Their Hands. How Early Education Can Change That

“By the time children reach elementary school, teachers can usually predict which students will volunteer answers, speak easily in front of the class and move comfortably through discussion — and which will hesitate, look down or remain silent even when they understand. What gets discussed far less often is that this pattern rarely begins in third or fifth grade, when...

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