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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dislike both candy-as-reward and screen-time-as-reward but have found they are both really common at our DCPS. I do try to give the teachers some slack -- I know they are doing their best and often have limited resources, and these can be easy ways to motivate a broad range of kids.

I agree I'd rather see more outdoor or free play time given as a reward, but I know why it doesn't happen -- DCPS schedules these kids to within an inch of their lives, sets ridiculous curriculum requirements, and pushes hard on raising test scores. That really limits the ability of teachers to flex their schedule for these things. I will say that teachers we've had have found ways to do it, but I know it's a lot harder for them than just passing out some candy or letting the kids watch a movie during lunch (this one drives me nuts because the kids are not allowed to talk at lunch in order to encourage them to eat, and then they will put on a screen as a treat, and they are just training children to eat mindlessly while staring at a screen, this should not be allowed!).

I don't know what the answer is. For us it might be a charter? I don't know, I'm pretty jaded about public education at this point.[/quote]

My school we are not allowed to use extra recess as a reward unless it’s for a long term class incentive. We were told even 5 minutes a day adds up to a whole 25 minutes of instruction lost a week. So they aren’t talking about extra 30 minutes. [/quote]

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