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Anonymous
FWIW, my child with dyslexia could also participate in discussions about challenging novels, why should they be excluded from that? |
Anonymous
My son’s private school made us sign contracts saying if our child could not wear a mask at all times he would be kicked out of the school. We also had to agree not to travel, not to meet up with anyone outside the private school community, and paid additional tuition to keep class sizes small enough that kids could be spread out. Plus there’s the whole, if they didn’t open they would lose tuition, I.e. go bankrupt. They were going to open whether it was smart medically or not, because it was smart financially. |
Anonymous
| In other words, you are correct the sbg setup takes more time, but this way they can show that they are somehow being progressive making sure all the standards are taught and measured so that no child completely misses a standard whereas retakes were an outdated method in their view despite them being more effective at teaching skills. The tests are pretty much the same as before so how can kids really learn more under sbg especially when homework isn't graded. For every kid that this works for there are another 10 that it doesn't. It's always about the change with progressives though. Never actually about what is working well. |
Anonymous
They would get that instruction in the whole class discussions on books and in targeted reading comprehension questions for that group of students they are with. You can't devote time to working on dyslexia and get every lesson that other children are getting who don't have it. There is only so much time for reading during the school day. If there are 2 hour time blocks and your child needs 45 minutes for dyslexia help, then they miss whatever is being taught in those 45 minutes. |
Anonymous
You sound like my retired parents who go on and on about the book banning they see on the news. This is such a non issue for my kids. I can’t remember the last time they took out a book from the school library (high school and middle schoolers) or possibly even went into a school library. We are thinking of ordering some of these books as presents for my parents for Christmas, so they can have a copy of the books they are so upset over possibly being banned. |
Anonymous
| Over a decade, I think Baileys Elementary changed their reading books for all their students three times. The money would have been better spent on just teaching children. Less hassle for the teachers and more consistency across grades. It's always about the next new thing though. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Both sides on this issue are just deflecting from actual issues when the bigger issue is that kids are spending time on electronics verses reading. |
Anonymous
And don't forget your most valuable time as a teacher is what you produce for your higher ups, not the kids. Spending more time on separating out your tests into various standards is much more valuable than giving homework feedback to students or teaching them lessons they didn't pick up the first time. You've helped give your higher ups more data to use to ask for money. |
Anonymous
Do kids even use the library during the day except for class? I wish they would do an analysis of actual checked out books in each middle school and high school unrelated to a class to prove this is a non-issue. |
Anonymous
Then pull them out of a different class, lots of ways to work through it. A child who has dyslexia should not be deprived of challenging work in language arts, especially if that is where they shine. |
Anonymous
There are about three activities in language arts a day not all of which are used for targeted instruction towards a special need. I don't know what your complaint is about and how it relates to the school board. |
Anonymous
Any kid who can keep up with the general pace of the class can participate, but once the student can no longer keep up, the class should not have to slow the pace to accommodate. This is why tracking in reading and math is important. This obviously results in inequitable outcomes as some kids are different and is frowned upon by the current school board and probably future school board. Or assign reading multiple chapters for homework and let the student make up the difference at home. This also isn’t viewed favorably in FCPS elementary and middle schools. A dyslexic kid should be challenged appropriately, but may not be the same challenge as an advanced reader. That should be what equity means. Both challenged…. At different levels. |
Anonymous
| Most people I know that have the means have separate tutoring for dyslexia. They also spend a lot of time reading with their child at home and discussing books. This way by middle school the kids are able to get in the general ed or advanced classes without the additional support. The school will work on both reading comprehension and reading as well but they typically can't spend extra time on language arts than what is allotted. |
Anonymous
Which is why audio books can be great for a person with dyslexia. They can listen and follow along. Or they can read at their ability but listen to the text to keep up with the class. I know that the Kindle has a font that is supposed to be good for dyslexics, the letters are weighted at the bottom to hold the letter in place. I love that font. It is also why text to speech programs can be helpful for kids because it allows them to get their thoughts down without the frustration that can come with writing. There are many great accommodations for kids with dyslexia that allow a child to stay in a regular class or even be in AP/IB classes. Some of us even go on to earn PhDs. |
Anonymous
It’s great there are so many options, and it sounds like you agree that kids should be met where they are at and sometimes that is at different levels. |