New curriculum = no homework?

[Anonymous]

My HS DS has a fair amount of homework for projects and presentations because he hates doing research at school. He says the lock down on Google searches on the FCPS network doesn't allow him to access good sources.

Everything else is done at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This push for homework is pretty crazy. Kids don't need it, and if ppl say ot prepared them for tons in MS and HS, my question is why should they get tons at all?

Kids do need homework. In grade school, homework teaches children to manage their time and to manage their homework, to remember to bring it home and then bring it to school and turn it in. It also teaches them concepts/gives them practice. In middle and high school, homework gives practice of concepts that they learn in class.

Kids who play a sport, play an instrument, or have a hobby know that the more time you put in, the more lessons or classes you take, the more practice you do, the better you are. But somehow we don't apply that thought to homework anymore. And academically, it shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This push for homework is pretty crazy. Kids don't need it, and if ppl say ot prepared them for tons in MS and HS, my question is why should they get tons at all?

Why do you say they don't need it? I sort of agree that very young kids don't need homework, but by 3rd or 4th grade it can be helpful for them to manage their time, learn good study habits, and fine tune skills. The accepted guideline (buy the NEA) of 10 minutes per grade seems like a good rule of thumb.

My child has 29 kids in her classroom. She gets little if any direct teacher interaction. Homework would allow her some one on one instruction with an adult, something she doesn't otherwise receive.

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Anonymous wrote:This push for homework is pretty crazy. Kids don't need it, and if ppl say ot prepared them for tons in MS and HS, my question is why should they get tons at all?

Why do you say they don't need it? I sort of agree that very young kids don't need homework, but by 3rd or 4th grade it can be helpful for them to manage their time, learn good study habits, and fine tune skills. The accepted guideline (buy the NEA) of 10 minutes per grade seems like a good rule of thumb.

My child has 29 kids in her classroom. She gets little if any direct teacher interaction. Homework would allow her some one on one instruction with an adult, something she doesn't otherwise receive.

Because its often times just busy work and there's way too much of it. If it not busy work and not a ton, I'd be ok with it.

[Anonymous]

They are definitely using Lexia in middle school. DC can see how many hours he has been on Lexia each week. They reported over 30 hours!

[Anonymous]

Homework improves learning:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1228867.page

Why is FCPS abandoning a practice which has been proven to improve student's learning? (it is not difficult to figure out)

[Anonymous]

What's frustrating is some schools have it and some don't. I can't understand why principals don't hold their staff to a higher standard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are definitely using Lexia in middle school. DC can see how many hours he has been on Lexia each week. They reported over 30 hours!

What middle school?? That is awful.

[Anonymous]

Our middle school also does Lexia. In every English class.

[Anonymous]

My non-AAP 4th grader gets a packet of Reading/Math every Monday that is due at the end of the week. It usually only takes him 30-45 mins to complete the whole thing but I appreciate having a few days to complete it as some days are busy after school.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a junior in high school and is only given homework like once every week. She never gotten any homework for US History Honors, or English 11 or Geosystems. She passing all her classes with B & As. If they do get homework is not graded so no one does it.

Do you feel like her work load is rigorous? Is she prepared for university? Does she know how to study?

DP with high school kid and one in college. No, no and no.

Ugh. Does anyone else feel that the solution to the slide in grades during and post-COVID was too dumb everything down? This new curriculum and lack of transparency with parents (nothing sent home so nothing to complain about/get involved in!) seems designed to hide the fact that the kids aren't actually doing that great.

I think this is teacher dependent. My kid’s teacher sends home graded stuff weekly and we get a weekly email explaining what they did for the week.

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Anonymous wrote:What's frustrating is some schools have it and some don't. I can't understand why principals don't hold their staff to a higher standard.

Well if the standard is to not give it, obviously teachers don’t want to get in trouble. And why would principals go against their own bosses?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This push for homework is pretty crazy. Kids don't need it, and if ppl say ot prepared them for tons in MS and HS, my question is why should they get tons at all?

Kids do need homework. In grade school, homework teaches children to manage their time and to manage their homework, to remember to bring it home and then bring it to school and turn it in. It also teaches them concepts/gives them practice. In middle and high school, homework gives practice of concepts that they learn in class.

Kids who play a sport, play an instrument, or have a hobby know that the more time you put in, the more lessons or classes you take, the more practice you do, the better you are. But somehow we don't apply that thought to homework anymore. And academically, it shows.

ES hw can't count towards the academic grade, so the student turns it in and then what? It goes into the trash?

If the child does the hw incorrectly at home with repeated practice, it's going to be further ingrained and more difficult to correct later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's frustrating is some schools have it and some don't. I can't understand why principals don't hold their staff to a higher standard.

Well if the standard is to not give it, obviously teachers don’t want to get in trouble. And why would principals go against their own bosses?

Shouldn't the standard be to push every child to reach their full potential? The lack of homework is just a symptom of the general lack of rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our middle school also does Lexia. In every English class.

Genuinely sad