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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teacher finished there last June and switched schools for this current school year.[/quote]

This is correct.[/quote]

I think that's wrong. I heard she took an AP job in the fall of 2020.[/quote]

I also heard she got promoted because the metrics for her class were off the charts. She was tough, but kids learned a lot from her.[/quote]

We felt the same way, but a few parents were against rigor. They failed to grasp this was a class for advanced students and felt any homework was too much.[/quote]

Most people were fine with the higher expectations, but some believed kids shouldn't have homework. I wish they had read up on CES before accepting the seat because hearing their complaints was tiresome. It's even called the Center for enriched studies.[/quote]

There are different ways to approach advanced work. There is increased depth and rigor and focus on creativity and critical thinking and then there is piling on busy work and focusing on volume. This teacher did the latter. Some parents may want to see piles and piles of paper as “proof” That their kid is “advanced” and “challenged”. But some of us understand that unrelenting volume isn’t what advanced learners need.

I’ve never heard anyone say that zero homework is the goal, though 5th grade by contrast had minimal homework.[/quote]

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