I'm a big believer that course material should be 100% taught in class and that homework should reinforce what the students were taught in class. I see too many examples of kids that come home with homework on topics that were not taught in class and they are expected to learn the material on their own. That means parents (if the kids are lucky enough to have two at home) get to work 12 hours days and come home to kids who need help learning new material in order to complete homework.anygunanywhere wrote:It isn't about how good or bad the teachers are necessarily, it is how involved a child's parents are in raising and teaching their children. Notice that I said parents, plural, both, as in mom and dad.
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I had just such a discussion with a neighbor this weekend. His kid is a straight-A student and very smart.
He and his wife had a meeting with the school principal already over this. Principal said "you should talk with your kids teachers" and my neighbor said "that is your job, you are the administrator, do your job."
WHY is class material being learned at home? Because class time is spent teaching kids at the slowest level. I can't tell you how to fix this in public schools, but a voucher system would go a long way. Paying for under-performance in public schools is unacceptable.
Whoever said "stop coddling" above is right on... Life is tough. Not all snowflakes are equal. Stop pretending they are.