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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are in DCPS. One of the good things about distance learning is that as a parent, I am getting to see exactly what is supposed to be covered in the class through the packets. I was really surprised to see very detailed lessons in social studies, science, and literacy. I am making my child do all of the packet work, checking his work and his spelling, really making him think through his writing the way the packet suggests he should do.

The point being, at least in DCPS, the curriculum is there. I think the issue is that teachers have to deal with so many behavioral problems in the class that they can't really teach. So a kid like mine, very bright but willing to get away with doing the bare minimum, is not being pushed to do the critical thinking he really should be doing. He is doing is now that I am teaching him one on one, but obviously that won't go on forever.

My thought is to teach him how to think through all of these different writing assignments now, with the hope that when he returns to class, he'll remember the approaches I have given him.[/quote]

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