The YDEV Curriculum: Asset-based Views

 


Questions
1. Why is this concept of the Deficit vs. Asset Model just now being brought up, or why did it take me this long to find out? Why isn't this being talked about more? Why do parents not know about the fight in planning that their children are in the middle of? This is the concept for pushing for the Asset model plans and having loving, caring, conscious parents who want to build up their children and their attributes. 
2. After having researched that having an Asset model plan in schooling is efficient, all schools should be fighting for this plan, but would most likely stick to the Deficit plan that has been proven to show negative results in academic scores and negative outcomes for students' self-esteem and future. Why aren't more schools fighting for this plan?
3.Starting early matters! The article made a statement that shook me: "With these statistics, it is not surprising that success factors in middle school highly determine a student’s high school success and likelihood of graduation (Balfanz, 2009). “It is during the middle grades that students either launch toward achievement and attainment, or slide off track and are placed on a path of frustration, failure, and, ultimately, early exit from the only secure path to adult success". Hearing this and still considering or having the deficit. The school department not demanding Asset model for the educational system is frightening. Do they not want the children to have a bright future? Do they want them to fail?

Connection
A connection I would use is from my own life. I believe the high school I attended was a deficit planning school. I was always told how my grades were always lacking and never "How can we help?" or "What are areas where you have more knowledge in?". My parents never understood what was happening in the educational system; they couldn't help me in a world where they did not know. My environment was isolating, I did not have loving staff or teachers in my life, and that did influence my mindset on my future or college planning. 


Comments

  1. LesleyOctober 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM

    So many powerful comments here. WHen I first found the words for this concept, it blew my mind. I felt the same -- why didn't I learn about this earlier!?

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