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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take complaints about the effects on curriculum 2.0 on 1st and 2d graders with a big grain of salt. Who cares if a 1st grader has less homework?[/quote]

I wish the main complaint about 2.0 was less homework. Lack of rigor, lack of teaching time, less scope, too much repetition, lack of feedback, poor test scores, etc. come up way before homework changes.[/quote]

1st and 2d graders don't take standardized tests.  I'm not really sure how 2.0 results in less teaching time, and I am sceptical it is meaningfully less rigorous or has too much repetition at those grades. (The complaints I've heard about repetition were related to adjusting to 2.0, not what 1st/2d graders experience in 2.0).[/quote]

[b]Most parents do not consider group work to be active teaching.[/b] Not in first grade and not in 5th grade. [/quote]

You've taken a poll?

Also, most parents are not experts in teaching.[/quote]

Huh? Why distracting from the point. Signals agreement, guilt and immaturity.

If school A has one or two teachers actively engaging the whole class for 45 minutes a subject, teaching and challenging then all with a topic that is considerably more value add than school Z that has a teacher engage the class for 15 minutes and then tell the students to figure it out in groups while she walks around and helps the bottom. [/quote]

I think that you are providing evidence to support the point that most parents are not experts in teaching.[/quote]

Sadly, neither are most teachers.  Stop pretending it's neurosurgery.  It isn't.  As an educated parent, I can tell whether the classroom is well managed or not.  I can tell whether the kids are being taught effectively or not.   That B.A in education doesn't make you uniquely able to discern those things.[/quote]

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