Reply to Regular classes vs AAP

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Regular classes vs AAP"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
The problem what the teacher's colleges have taught teachers for decades is the best way to teach. Research shows that kids learn well in [url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2022/07/18/elementary-classrooms-are-too-noisy-for-kids-to-learn/?sh=1f479d3b3c60]quiet classrooms[/url] when taught from [url=https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1865/Davidson.pdf]a (no joke) script[/url].

This goes way beyond phonics - which FCPS and VDOE are finally catching up to after states like TN and MS made them look silly with amazing improvements in reading - to writing, math, and content areas.

As kids who were taught in ineffective ways in elementary school make it to high school we're seeing the sky is falling reports from the dropping test scores. The pandemic closures only exacerbated the bad trends, but they started before with the poor ways kids are taught these days.

Lucy Caulkins' bad approach to reading and writing has also been incorporated into bad approaches in math with those ridiculous "mini lessons" and "centers" things which lead to kids winging their learning in overstimulating classrooms. Plus don't get me started on the fact that FCPS outsources grammar instruction to Lexia and some of math instruction to ST Math.[/quote]

Quote above sounds remarkably consistent with what our neighbors have been saying about the broad decline in academics within FCPS over the last 20-25 years.

AoPS, Kumon, Mathnasium, and RSM have outlets all over Northern VA and also Montgomery County MD. They would not stay in business if there were not lots of demand from parents to make sure their kids learn math & read well.  When I pass by those parking lots, I see many cars with FCPS school stickers on the back - and also a few cars with stickers for independent or parochial schools. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics