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I would either make time to review the homework with her, or hire a tutor. High school is a big deal.

My son is still in elementary school, so my post may not be very helpful to you. However, I did notice that only 1 out of 5 teachers he has had over the years has ever written [u]useful[/u] and [u]timely[/u] feedback and corrections on his homework! The others would return the homework several weeks after it was handed in (a young child has time to forget all that he wrote in that timeframe), most of the time without comments, but there was just a check mark on the front page to indicate that the homework had been completed.

Teachers obviously have leeway in how they handle this, and most are too busy to bother. The homework is supposed to be reviewed in class, however verbal explanations are not the same as written comments. My son has ADHD and can't follow rapid discussions in class, so the verbal review is lost on him. But even for the average student, written feedback is permanent and undisputable.

That's what happens when teachers are underpaid and not trained properly.
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MCPS teachers are compensated well and I don't understand the connection between training and the ability to write comments on papers.

[b]I would think the explaination about meetings taking up the grading time would be correct.[/quote][/b]

This. I have one 30 minute individually-managed planning period per week. The rest are for "collaborative planning" or for team meetings or "data chats". Every meeting needs to have typed up notes turned into admin so it's not like we can just skip them to work on our own stuff. Collaborative planning means sitting with my team in a room with the staff development teacher and discussing curriculum for the following week. It is all discussion--no creating materials or anything productive like that. All that stuff gets done after school. I bring grading home over the weekend, and sometimes let it slide to every other weekend so that I can spend some uninterrupted time with my family.

The micromanagement of teachers' time is what has led to this. Even a few years ago I was able to use my planning time to prepare materials, which left more time for grading and comments. Now something has to give and since the majority of teachers grade on their own time that's what it tends to be. [/quote]

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