APS Elementary Experience Today

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Anonymous wrote:Nope - no homework. Even for my MS child

Has homework become an equity issue since some kids don’t have stable home situations that support homework?

Race to the bottom. Great job APS in the name of equity.

Nope! It’s an evidence based practice that it doesn’t improve learning outcomes before 3rd or 4th grade and kids are better off playing sports, spending time with family, and reading or being read to.

Sure. I agree 3rd grade doesn’t make sense. APS doesn’t give homework through 5th and maybe middle school.

Tell that to my kids who have been busting their asses since 5th grade. Would love to know which APS schools aren’t giving homework because our schools certainly are.

williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised how little actual education parents are willing to accept from APS

That's why enrollment is down. SB did a great job at fixing that problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope - no homework. Even for my MS child

Has homework become an equity issue since some kids don’t have stable home situations that support homework?

Race to the bottom. Great job APS in the name of equity.

Nope! It’s an evidence based practice that it doesn’t improve learning outcomes before 3rd or 4th grade and kids are better off playing sports, spending time with family, and reading or being read to.

Here, here! Homework in elementary is bullshit. I don’t want my kids to burn out before they even reach high school.

[Anonymous]

I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

It's the reverse. Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework. It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home. Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope - no homework. Even for my MS child

Has homework become an equity issue since some kids don’t have stable home situations that support homework?

Race to the bottom. Great job APS in the name of equity.

Nope! It’s an evidence based practice that it doesn’t improve learning outcomes before 3rd or 4th grade and kids are better off playing sports, spending time with family, and reading or being read to.

Here, here! Homework in elementary is bullshit. I don’t want my kids to burn out before they even reach high school.

Yes much better to lull them into not working then drop them into middle school without any stamina

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

It's the reverse. Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework. It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home. Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?

Nice try. Class work should be simply exercise to help identify a skill or technique. If it is too hard for them to finish in class, most likely they need different tracts of classes to differentiate. Homework should be about reinforcing techniques and working small variations from the example to build mastery. Same with writing assignments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

It's the reverse. Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework. It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home. Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?

This but also teachers have to spend extra time with kids that need extra help. So all the teachers doing that, other children can complete their work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

It's the reverse. Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework. It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home. Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?

This but also teachers have to spend extra time with kids that need extra help. So all the teachers doing that, other children can complete their work.

Why a isn’t there differentiation by middle school so students aren’t so idle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly. My daughter never has homework. It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH

It's the reverse. Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework. It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home. Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?

This but also teachers have to spend extra time with kids that need extra help. So all the teachers doing that, other children can complete their work.

Why a isn’t there differentiation by middle school so students aren’t so idle?

A kid doing class/home work on their own in the classroom is not a bad thing. They can ask the teacher for help if they don't understand something. It's a reinforcement of the lesson.

[Anonymous]

^ Also, do you expect middle school math teacher to lecture/teach a lesson for an entire hour and 23 minutes? There's time built in for the kids to do practice questions and what they don't finish is homework. Have you been in a classroom?

[Anonymous]

My son is in 7th grade and has rarely had homework in ES or MS, other than the vague do some reading on your own. The whole notion of having to do homework is entirely foreign to him. So, I don't have any idea how we will get him to do it when it comes.

I assume they do give homework at Yorktown, at least? Otherwise, I don't see him making it through his first semester in college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope - no homework. Even for my MS child

Has homework become an equity issue since some kids don’t have stable home situations that support homework?

Race to the bottom. Great job APS in the name of equity.

Nope! It’s an evidence based practice that it doesn’t improve learning outcomes before 3rd or 4th grade and kids are better off playing sports, spending time with family, and reading or being read to.

Sure. I agree 3rd grade doesn’t make sense. APS doesn’t give homework through 5th and maybe middle school.

Tell that to my kids who have been busting their asses since 5th grade. Would love to know which APS schools aren’t giving homework because our schools certainly are.

williamsburg

Ah. We were at Taylor, Swanson and now W-L.

[Anonymous]

APS does not teach cursive