Game Theorist: The class matching problem

Game Theorist: The class matching problem

http://www.slate.com/id/2227233/

Two different perspectives on requesting classes and how this affects the class receiving your child and the class losing your child.

I like the principal in Southern California that makes a parent spend a day observing a desired teacher prior to requesting him/her.

I also think there should be some factoring in of prior relationships between teacher and the family. Both when positive or negative because this is a collaborative effort between family, student and teacher.

I think schools in general should offer parents a way to make an informed request (i.e. the idea above) since this is your child that you are talking about. However these request need to come in prior to the classes being created because once they are created they are pretty much balanced with equal amounts of chemistry, learning levels and behavioral "challenges."

Of course, I say the above paragraph however students that move into the school's area over the summer just gets put into the class with the lowest amount of students or whoever is "next in line" to receive a student. This is often since it is challenging to do your due diligence when receiving a new student over the summer.