** Attach written response to the problem to the chapter 4 worksheet.
You are a teacher in the late 19th, early 20th century (1880-1920). A third grader in your classroom clearly cannot read or write very well nor calculate at all. Making matters more difficult is the child's home background--- the oldest child in a family which immigrated to the United States within the past few years. Both parents are struggling with factory jobs which leave little time for certain parenting duties such as overseeing school attendance and achievement.
Your principal is from the old "liberal" school of thought. He is on the verge of dropping the student from the school roll since the student doesn't attend often anyway and is counted against the tight school budget. You, on the other hand, consider yourself a "new liberal" (described on pp. 99-104) and a progressive educator as described on p. 108, col.1 and p. 109, col.2. You feel that the child has not been given enough opportunity to succeed.
Explain to the principal how you intend, as a progressive educator, to reverse the child's education problems. Explain also why you believe your plan will work. Finally, describe how you will secure results from the child's performance that will be evidence of the child's progress. (Don't forget the home situation.)