If the schools are already addressing the problem of EM not teaching math facts, why do they need to throw out the whole curriculum? Our teachers aren't unhappy with the math curriculum, and I haven't heard any big uproar among parents about it either. So I'd guess that they simply don't share your beliefs.
And frankly, I think getting a parent interested in helping her own child learn math facts is a whole lot easier than getting that parent interested and involved in storming the school district to get the curriculum changed.
What are you doing to change things in your school or school district?
IMO, it is hopelessly inadequate. However, if the parents teach math at home or send the kids to Kumon, it all works out in the end. For that reason, I really do not think it should be used in a school (not yours obviously) where 70% of the kids are low-income.
I don't see that at all. When I was a kid, my parents sent us off to school and let the teachers do their magic. They did not ask about the curriculum, they only appeared at school if we were in trouble, and rarely attended any school events except graduation. I don't think I ever saw a parent volunteer during class time.
Now, you can't swing a cat without hitting a parent in my kids school at any time of the day. There is a parent-teacher curriculum committee, there is a fulltime (unpaid) coordinator who organizes and schedules classroom volunteers to best utilize their skills and time. Heck, I'm a once a week volunteer myself and rarely miss any kind of classroom or sporting event. Are my kids better off than I was as a child? I'd like to think so, but I can't prove it though I did get a pretty good education. We'll see how my children turn out.
Wasn't boarding school once the top of the line educational experience?
Could you please humor me, since as PKA, Lois, talbots lover, etc. all know, I'm not knowledgeable about curricula differences, and explain what's "hopelessly inadequate" about it?
It honestly never occurred to me to think of it that way. There are schools/solutions I will not pay for simply because I find it silly. There are other things I may have to say no to simply because I cannot pay it, but the value is measured by dd, not me, and the cost is measured by me, not dd. So the only value to me is helping my dd.
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If the schools are already addressing the problem of EM not teaching math facts, why do they need to throw out the whole curriculum? Our teachers aren't unhappy with the math curriculum, and I haven't heard any big uproar among parents about it either. So I'd guess that they simply don't share your beliefs.
And frankly, I think getting a parent interested in helping her own child learn math facts is a whole lot easier than getting that parent interested and involved in storming the school district to get the curriculum changed.
What are you doing to change things in your school or school district?
I don't see that at all. When I was a kid, my parents sent us off to school and let the teachers do their magic. They did not ask about the curriculum, they only appeared at school if we were in trouble, and rarely attended any school events except graduation. I don't think I ever saw a parent volunteer during class time.
Now, you can't swing a cat without hitting a parent in my kids school at any time of the day. There is a parent-teacher curriculum committee, there is a fulltime (unpaid) coordinator who organizes and schedules classroom volunteers to best utilize their skills and time. Heck, I'm a once a week volunteer myself and rarely miss any kind of classroom or sporting event. Are my kids better off than I was as a child? I'd like to think so, but I can't prove it though I did get a pretty good education. We'll see how my children turn out.
Wasn't boarding school once the top of the line educational experience?
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