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Excerpt from The Individual Pupil in the Management of Class and School The schools of a democracy should offer to each pupil those unique opportunities for acquiring skills, for practice in precise thinking, and for growth in power of appreciation which are attainable by one of his intelligence. This ideal requires that we adjust our standards to the abilities of our pupils. Every pupil in the ideal school system is judged by the best which he can do and not by the median performance of a non-selected group. In order to adjust our schools to the needs of individual boys and girls, our curricula and courses of study must be markedly different for groups of children who vary in ability. We may not rest satisfied with the provision of special opportunities for the feeble-minded, the physically handicapped, and the morally delinquent. It is important that adjustments be made in terms of the varying abilities, achievements, and environmental conditions of children all along the line. It is of surpassing importance to provide facilities which will stimulate the most able children to the attainment of their fullest intellectual development. Our schools have begun to attack this problem. Further progress is dependent upon the more complete diagnosis and guidance for each pupil enrolled in the schools. In this volume. Dr. Mort presents the best that has been accomplished in our schools, as well as suggestions for the improvement and development of our practices in caring for the needs of individuals. The teacher who masters the methods which he presents will get the satisfaction which comes to those who practice the fine art of teaching. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.