3rd grade APS class - 60% boys

[Anonymous]

Is there an imbalance in enrollment at some elementary schools in APS. Our DD class is like 60% boys, which seems likely it will be a bit of a handful for the teacher.

[Anonymous]

4th Grade ACPS 72% boys,

[Anonymous]

There are all boys schools all over the world, including some very prestigious ones here, and the teachers seem to manage fine. It’s my experience that the teachers who work with a lot of boys tend to recognize that kids have a biological need to move more and do better on concentration when they have the chance to move more. Not just boys or even young boys, but all kids. Girls tend to manage unrealistic and unnatural expectations better but that doesn’t make them any more realistic or natural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are all boys schools all over the world, including some very prestigious ones here, and the teachers seem to manage fine. It’s my experience that the teachers who work with a lot of boys tend to recognize that kids have a biological need to move more and do better on concentration when they have the chance to move more. Not just boys or even young boys, but all kids. Girls tend to manage unrealistic and unnatural expectations better but that doesn’t make them any more realistic or natural.

Oh yeah private school boys schools are exactly like public school. The boys are going to take all the teachers attention, and I guess run around the room will be the norm. APS schools are not built to allow the amount of movement you describe, most are overcrowded and have limited outdoor space in our urban county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4th Grade ACPS 72% boys,

Well ACPS has been problematic for a while; APS is relatively more recent in that realization

[Anonymous]

Where can you find demographics for APS grades?

[Anonymous]

Oh geez. This is not a problem, OP.

[Anonymous]

Some teachers are better boy teachers than others (I had a wiggly boy and some were great with him and other teachers could only handle complacent children (mostly girls)). Or, there wasn’t enough gender selection with all the IVF so it’s imbalanced this year.

There are so many factors in classroom building. Don’t borrow trouble you don’t have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are all boys schools all over the world, including some very prestigious ones here, and the teachers seem to manage fine. It’s my experience that the teachers who work with a lot of boys tend to recognize that kids have a biological need to move more and do better on concentration when they have the chance to move more. Not just boys or even young boys, but all kids. Girls tend to manage unrealistic and unnatural expectations better but that doesn’t make them any more realistic or natural.

Oh yeah private school boys schools are exactly like public school. The boys are going to take all the teachers attention, and I guess run around the room will be the norm. APS schools are not built to allow the amount of movement you describe, most are overcrowded and have limited outdoor space in our urban county.

This is really not true but ok. APS has some of the smallest class sizes for elementary school in the region. There are many things teachers can do (and some of them do it) including offering flexible seating arrangements and really just being more engaging and interesting and realistic about how little kids learn.

Elementary teachers tend to be women and sometimes women without a whole lot of classroom experience. The educational model for this age completely favors girls and a lot of these women don't like boys and it's very obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some teachers are better boy teachers than others (I had a wiggly boy and some were great with him and other teachers could only handle complacent children (mostly girls)). Or, there wasn’t enough gender selection with all the IVF so it’s imbalanced this year.

There are so many factors in classroom building. Don’t borrow trouble you don’t have.

This.

I actually had a very compliant and rule-following boy and a more wiggly girl. It's not strictly a gender issue. Some teachers really try to make these kids sit on their asses and say nothing all day. Some kids are the type who are so scared of getting in trouble, they are miserable but do it. And some just either can't do it or won't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are all boys schools all over the world, including some very prestigious ones here, and the teachers seem to manage fine. It’s my experience that the teachers who work with a lot of boys tend to recognize that kids have a biological need to move more and do better on concentration when they have the chance to move more. Not just boys or even young boys, but all kids. Girls tend to manage unrealistic and unnatural expectations better but that doesn’t make them any more realistic or natural.

Oh yeah private school boys schools are exactly like public school. The boys are going to take all the teachers attention, and I guess run around the room will be the norm. APS schools are not built to allow the amount of movement you describe, most are overcrowded and have limited outdoor space in our urban county.

This is really not true but ok. APS has some of the smallest class sizes for elementary school in the region. There are many things teachers can do (and some of them do it) including offering flexible seating arrangements and really just being more engaging and interesting and realistic about how little kids learn.

Elementary teachers tend to be women and sometimes women without a whole lot of classroom experience. The educational model for this age completely favors girls and a lot of these women don't like boys and it's very obvious.

The SCHOOLS are overcrowded, not the classrooms, so there isn’t sufficient outdoor space to rotate the school population through limited outdoor space.

And at our APS school, our class sizes are about 5 students larger than APS average, about 27.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some teachers are better boy teachers than others (I had a wiggly boy and some were great with him and other teachers could only handle complacent children (mostly girls)). Or, there wasn’t enough gender selection with all the IVF so it’s imbalanced this year.

There are so many factors in classroom building. Don’t borrow trouble you don’t have.

This.

I actually had a very compliant and rule-following boy and a more wiggly girl. It's not strictly a gender issue. Some teachers really try to make these kids sit on their asses and say nothing all day. Some kids are the type who are so scared of getting in trouble, they are miserable but do it. And some just either can't do it or won't do it.

Private schools especially Catholic use this model and have good outcomes. What alternative are you suggesting for instruction time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some teachers are better boy teachers than others (I had a wiggly boy and some were great with him and other teachers could only handle complacent children (mostly girls)). Or, there wasn’t enough gender selection with all the IVF so it’s imbalanced this year.

There are so many factors in classroom building. Don’t borrow trouble you don’t have.

This.

I actually had a very compliant and rule-following boy and a more wiggly girl. It's not strictly a gender issue. Some teachers really try to make these kids sit on their asses and say nothing all day. Some kids are the type who are so scared of getting in trouble, they are miserable but do it. And some just either can't do it or won't do it.

Private schools especially Catholic use this model and have good outcomes. What alternative are you suggesting for instruction time?

You really can't come up with any vision of what the alternative might look like to a bunch of little kids sitting quietly at desks all day? Agree a lot of catholic schools do this but non-catholic privates not at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are all boys schools all over the world, including some very prestigious ones here, and the teachers seem to manage fine. It’s my experience that the teachers who work with a lot of boys tend to recognize that kids have a biological need to move more and do better on concentration when they have the chance to move more. Not just boys or even young boys, but all kids. Girls tend to manage unrealistic and unnatural expectations better but that doesn’t make them any more realistic or natural.

Oh yeah private school boys schools are exactly like public school. The boys are going to take all the teachers attention, and I guess run around the room will be the norm. APS schools are not built to allow the amount of movement you describe, most are overcrowded and have limited outdoor space in our urban county.

This is really not true but ok. APS has some of the smallest class sizes for elementary school in the region. There are many things teachers can do (and some of them do it) including offering flexible seating arrangements and really just being more engaging and interesting and realistic about how little kids learn.

Elementary teachers tend to be women and sometimes women without a whole lot of classroom experience. The educational model for this age completely favors girls and a lot of these women don't like boys and it's very obvious.

The SCHOOLS are overcrowded, not the classrooms, so there isn’t sufficient outdoor space to rotate the school population through limited outdoor space.

And at our APS school, our class sizes are about 5 students larger than APS average, about 27.

Sounds like your school is overcrowded but "most" aren't. In fact most aren't to the degree they talked about closing an elementary school and making it swing space last year and redistributing kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some teachers are better boy teachers than others (I had a wiggly boy and some were great with him and other teachers could only handle complacent children (mostly girls)). Or, there wasn’t enough gender selection with all the IVF so it’s imbalanced this year.

There are so many factors in classroom building. Don’t borrow trouble you don’t have.

This.

I actually had a very compliant and rule-following boy and a more wiggly girl. It's not strictly a gender issue. Some teachers really try to make these kids sit on their asses and say nothing all day. Some kids are the type who are so scared of getting in trouble, they are miserable but do it. And some just either can't do it or won't do it.

Private schools especially Catholic use this model and have good outcomes. What alternative are you suggesting for instruction time?

Define “good outcomes.” Historically the Catholic school model was to beat the crap out of the “ good” kids for minor transgressions, send the “bad” ones to Father McPervert for some one on one time, and throw out the “incorrigible” ones (aka the kids with ADHD). The first two are banned now of course, but the last one is still a key part of the model.