No homework???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just moved into the county and was told by my elementary and middle schools that they don’t give ANY homework. Is that right?? Is it just by schools or is this FCPS wide?

How in the heck can students be prepared without any homework??

Its an equity issue. If you can't afford private school, then be prepared to acquire tutoring support down the road for subjects where you cant help them.

Equity -lmfao. You clowns throw that around on every thread. It rained today so my kid can't go on the playground. Stupid equity programs.

My kid had next to no HW in ES and MS, frankly, despite being all honors. And is in all AP classes (all the hard stem ones) and doing well. So, lots of kids can prepare with little or no HW, actually. Maybe YOURS can't but that's a you problem.

It's actually a societal problem. You aren't in private school. These are the schools that are supposed to help fix some of societies problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

[Anonymous]

My 4th grader would have homework if she didn't finish her classwork with understanding. It's working out pretty well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

You literally make zero sense.

Also, who is "the kids"? My kid was quite prepared for HS, with little HW before that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just moved into the county and was told by my elementary and middle schools that they don’t give ANY homework. Is that right?? Is it just by schools or is this FCPS wide?

How in the heck can students be prepared without any homework??

Its an equity issue. If you can't afford private school, then be prepared to acquire tutoring support down the road for subjects where you cant help them.

True.

Assigning any homework is not equitable.

The schools have a social-justice obligation to implement equity in education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 4th grader would have homework if she didn't finish her classwork with understanding. It's working out pretty well.

PP here with the struggling older kid. She was fine in 4th. The lack of homework showed up later when the problems had many more steps. That's when the need for homework in 4th asserted itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

Knows how to do the skill, sure. But can they do it as part of a much more complex question under a time crunch after only 40 minutes of practice? If so, they're all very quick learners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

Okay, but that's just for high school students. Now do elementary. For those 3rd graders who get a week to learn their multiplication tables. Or the 5th graders struggling with multiplying fractions. You don't think those kids would benefit from having some homework sent home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it varies by school and FCPS is trending towards no homework. Our high school is no longer giving homework even in honors classes except for math and that’s optional.

I asked about it and was told something about stress and more time for activities.

Maybe this has to do with our principal and there are still some FCPS schools with rigor out there.

When my kids were in elementary, they received homework and then halfway through (this was around 2018), it stopped. I was told that parents teach kids how to do things wrong and then the teacher has to reteach so homework causes problems.

Crazy my high schooler still has homework/projects/papers

[Anonymous]

I'm good with it, alot of homework is just busy work usually. I also think ES and MS need way more time to just be kids. Kids are so overscheduled these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

Okay, but that's just for high school students. Now do elementary. For those 3rd graders who get a week to learn their multiplication tables. Or the 5th graders struggling with multiplying fractions. You don't think those kids would benefit from having some homework sent home?

No, because they still don’t know how to do it at home so as one of the PP’s mentioned, they’re either getting them all wrong and/or they’re doing it incorrectly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Well the top kids are still the top kids. Unfortunately the middle to low performing kids are doing a lot worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

Okay, but that's just for high school students. Now do elementary. For those 3rd graders who get a week to learn their multiplication tables. Or the 5th graders struggling with multiplying fractions. You don't think those kids would benefit from having some homework sent home?

No, because they still don’t know how to do it at home so as one of the PP’s mentioned, they’re either getting them all wrong and/or they’re doing it incorrectly.

Parents can help with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone passes
even in high school no homework or test everyone gets A & B,

As a HS math teacher, I can assure you this is not true. Around 60% of my students have As and Bs. 30% have Cs, and 10% have Ds and Fs. This is across the board, even in my AP classes. People on DCUM like to whine that grades are so inflated and anything less than an A basically means you're failing, but it's not true.

The kids come to you unprepared from elementary and middle school. If they had homework they would be better prepared. On top of this the high school classes are now much easier. AP is now the new honors. AAP the new regular ed. It is just all much less rigor and practice.

Wrong. As someone who used to assign homework religiously, the kids who needed the extra practice either: a) didn't even attempt, or b) attempted it completed wrong. The ones who didn't need it tended to do it to fluff up their grade even further.

Homework helped a very slim section of my classes who sort of got it, sort of didn't and had someone (parent, tutor, sibling) at home who could support them in working through problems. The ONLY homework that was beneficial to everyone was pre-reading/watching--that's why some teachers flip their classes. Now? I assign enough problems IN CLASS that once they are completed I am confident the student knows how to do the skill. If it takes them 40 minutes, they have free time at the end of class. If it takes them an hour, they use the whole work time. If it takes more than that? We work together in class to get as far as we can, and then they come back in study hall, after school, or lunch for additional help.

My AP curriculum is harder/more stringent today than it was 10 years ago. The criteria to pass the test is far more rigorous than it used to be. I give minimal homework there, but always have opportunities for students to do it with me. It is a program that allows them to take the 5 question homework quizzes a dozen times until they get a valid score. Usually they learn real quick to attempt it in my presence so they can ask questions/get support.

Okay, but that's just for high school students. Now do elementary. For those 3rd graders who get a week to learn their multiplication tables. Or the 5th graders struggling with multiplying fractions. You don't think those kids would benefit from having some homework sent home?

No, because they still don’t know how to do it at home so as one of the PP’s mentioned, they’re either getting them all wrong and/or they’re doing it incorrectly.

Parents can help with this.

Some parents can, many can or will not.