Reply to Should I send my kids to mathnasium?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Should I send my kids to mathnasium?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Direct quote from one of PP’s anti textbook articles:

“The educational community was quick to respond to the (legitimate) criticism of textbooks,” he wrote, “but quicker still to adopt their horrific replacements: excessive use of lecture, worksheets, movies, poster making, and pointless group work.”

^This is largely what I’m seeing at my AAP center, but replacing the lecture bit with pointless centers.  Lack of textbooks wouldn’t be a problem if the school had a curriculum and abandoned the centers model.  No textbook + no curriculum = teachers having to generate content from thin air.

For both of my kids, VA Studies was a much higher quality class than anything else they’ve done in elementary.  It’s also the only class that has a textbook.  [/quote]

DP.  This is because your teachers and school are very progressive.  Textbooks wouldn't change that.

Our ES is fairly old-fashioned and not progressive.  There are no math centers, no posters, no pointless group work.  The grades teach in teams and, while there are no textbooks, the teachers clearly don't need them.

I dislike the science/social studies either/or model but that is not confined to FCPS.  [/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