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| Mon, 11-21-2011 - 7:38am |
I posted this on my SPED Plans board but wanted to post it here too.......This is from the NY Times.
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Amen!!
At DH's school, parents are rarely seen in the building. Many don't speak English, so they're unable to hep their kids with their work. Many just don't help. And many kids don't have both parents at home, or live with a relative.
There's just no comparison. Our school scores are the top 3 in the state, his school has some of the worst scores.
Of course, there are other factors besides parental involvement. A large majority of his 4th graders are not at grade level in any subject, but he's required to teach them 4th grade material. He can't say, "Okay, you don't know how to do subtraction, let's get you up to date on that before we try to teach you XYZ." He has to teach the 4th grade materials. Understandable I suppose, but kids can't higher math without knowing the basics first. They're just getting further and further behind each year.
Ack...off my soapbox. The state of education just makes me so sad. :(
At our school there are 3 levels of math instruction: below grade, at grade, and above grade.
Thanks so much for posting this
I have a high achieving 12yo dd.
I don't agree with the tons of homework the children do get, believe me. The only homework that Nathaniel gets which is of any use is the spelling homework I have tailored to his needs in his IEP, the rest of it is just busy work IMO. He is already getting 6 hours of work in school and I think children need time to play just as much as they need time to work. I have always stressed to his teachers that my child likes playing outside w/ his dogs, the dirt and sticks. He doesn't stay inside and play on video games and I want time for him to be able to play outside instead of just doing homework all afternoon. Thankfully w/his IEP and his dyslexia I have been to get him a more personalized workload which permits this but not all of the time...sometimes they just pile it on.
She got given homework sheets just like everyone else, but we simply didn't do it.