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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In high school, the flipped classroom fad is making things worse. Previously, a student needed to be at school or else they'd miss that day's lecture. But now, instruction is a collection of videos posted online and class is just for doing homework. A student can do homework anywhere so it lessens the need for them to be at school.  [/quote]

This! My two kids are in high school. So much is posted online. If my kids know that a substitute is going to be there and they are just going to sit there in a loud classroom they think it is more productive to stay home, finish the assignment in 15 minutes and then have time to work in something else. One if my kids is really social so he doesn’t like to miss but my older one who started 9th grade online during COVID never has really felt connected to his high school.

So after COVID my kids think attending school is optional when there are so many resources online. Last year my son had an AP class that was being taught by a long term sub who didn’t know the material, then by a new teacher who wasn’t familiar with AP tests and didn’t really teach much. He preferred to watch YouTube videos and read study guides made by some really amazing teachers. So he barely attended that class and got a 5. His friends who never missed got 1’s, 2’s and 3’s.

I think it used to be struggling students who missed a lot but now there are kids who do well in school who also miss a lot.[/quote]

This is a parenting issue.  Regardless of the situation he needs to go to class.[/quote]

NP here, why? If the goal is to learn the material and a student is able to do that better elsewhere, why waste their time sitting in a classroom with an underprepared teacher? [/quote]

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