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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH, you sound kind of entitled. DCPS/Charter isn't for you.  I couldn't fathom asking my kids' teachers to print out lesson plans.[/quote]

You can't? I mean... Is it unreasonable to ask a teacher what the kids have been learning, if there are vocabulary words we can learn together, etc.? I did not ask for lesson plans. But after I asked about what vocabulary words they may be learning (in second language), the next day the teacher had printed out a page on the theme they're working on, plus practice sheets for my kid. They didn't have to do that; that's why I am saying that I am happy and impressed.

It seemed to me that the teacher was genuinely happy that we were interested in helping our child succeed and wanted to show us they're doing their best.

I was curious if others have had similar situations. I read a lot about "X school sucks," "X school is the best," etc., but honestly I am wondering if other parents, like me, have felt that they may be able to influence/improve a school or classroom in similar ways.[/quote]

First of all, this premise bothers me, though I see it a lot in our gentrifying DCPS. When parents come in with the assumption that they can improve something, they are basing it on the.idea that *they know better*.
There is so much parents don't know about learning in a school -- how teachers operate, where the curriculum comes from. Often these parents are non educators who only have the experience of being a student, and some gut instincts.

It's cringey.

All the advice to learn more is good -- join the LSAT or PTO, be humble, learn what is going on, question your assumptions. Ask teachers what they need to succeed and then provide that.

That being said, I've found that when I get to know my kids teachers, and I pay attention to what the kids are working on, and I just make it clear to the teachers that I am paying attention, the teachers do make an extra effort to make sure my kids are learning.[/quote]

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