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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC really seems to like their elementary school — has made some close friends and occasionally drops some new knowledge they learned. But as a parent, I’m at a loss. It’s been a few years (yeah with a pandemic in the middle) but I know absolutely NOTHING about what happens after I drop my kid off every day. We are given literally no curriculum overview, no work comes back to me, we meet with the teacher twice a year for 15 minutes. When I talk to other kids or parents in other schools they know what their kid is learning, they are drowning in artwork and journal entries and tests and projects. The kids get to present on a subject or write poetry or make villages out of macaroni or whatever. I am seeing no evidence of the work that contributed to good or bad “grades”. I get that there are many modes of education and maybe my kid is getting an amazing education but I would never know! Nothing is shared (I’ve asked) and we aren’t allowed to literally go in the school (ACPS way behind the times).

Am I asking too much? Should I drop it if my kid isn’t coming home crying? [/quote]

Some schools are very stressful to work at. I used to work at a school with very high needs. Teachers are so burnt out that things that they used to do many years ago, they no longer did. There was a leadership change and morale went rock bottom. No one did any projects, wrote any newsletters - everyday was about getting through the curriculum as fast as possible. Most people were just trying to get the basics covered. And I am not sure if you heard, but "standardization" is pretty much something that is being pushed right now throughout various districts. It means that Class A needs to be doing the same exact thing as Class B, C and D if they're in the same grade level. You are better off asking another kid or parent in your own school (who is also in the same grade as your kid) rather than a kid or parent in "other" schools. [/quote]

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