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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For Algebra at DHMS: 
-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 math classes on teacher-led instruction, not IXL or videos.

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This is great. Thanks![/quote]
So just fyi— there is a Facebook group for dhms parents that would be much more appropriate than this for getting dhms specific information.

In general, the dhms math dept is incredibly bad.  Like so bad that half the teachers get fired every year. Some of the math teachers are just blatantly bad people— calling the kids racial slurs, putting failing grades into the grade book when the kid didn’t actually fail, telling them to F off or using other curse words, calling them curse words.  They get suspended for a couple of days/weeks, but there’s no one to replace them in the middle of the year.  The school is otherwise great.  [/quote]

What?  I’ve heard DHMS is great, how does that jibe?[/quote]
The math department is very bad.  Like seriously shockingly bad.  As the pp above said— I’ve heard similar stories.  All the teachers for other departments are really great though.  Principal is excellent.  Just really crappy math teachers except for a few gems.  [/quote]

Weird. I'm very engaged in the school and know tons of parents. I've only heard of one terrible math teacher who has since left.

I doubt the PPs actually have kids at the school. 
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Parents aren’t going to make conversation to a random parent volunteer in person about a bad teacher, especially one with their student in the class for fear of blowback.

Likewise, PTA FB will be sanitized.

The bigger question: is turnover really that high? That’s verifiable [/quote]
Yes.  Look at the math dept.  I have a seventh grader, a now ninth grader, and a now eleventh grader.  Only one of my kids past teachers is still there.  Only three of the math teachers aren’t new this year.  The math coach is new this year.  Lots of turn over.  [/quote]

You have that backwards. Only three of the math teachers are new. And the math coach is a former math teacher at DHMS.

Stop spreading lies. 
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The math coach taught fourth grade at asfs last year.  That was her first year teaching at aps (my daughter was in her first grade class).  
I have no idea about the other math teachers, but I know that math Coach pretty well.  [/quote]
Sorry meant to say my daughter was in her fourth grade class, not first.  [/quote]

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