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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm seeing on this forum is very interesting.  Teachers are saying that they are working hard to maintain DL and some parents are denying it.  Parents are saying that DL is not working for their child and some teachers are denying it.  Both of these things can be true.  Teachers can be working hard and DL can also not work for everybody.  Trash-talking parents and teachers for trying their hardest doesn't help anybody in this situation and only leads to an adversarial relationship with resentment on both sides.  Ultimately, both "sides" want the same thing, for students to receive an education.

Should teachers get 4 days to set up their classroom?  I have no idea.  But I do know that both parents and teachers are working really hard and are reaching a point where they feel like they are burning out and that's it's just easier to blame somebody else.  It is possible for both groups to feel the same way, but for different reasons.[/quote]

I like you, rational poster. [/quote]

Agreed, although as a working parent, I burned out a long, long time ago.  I imagine many teachers did, too.

I really wish we could be matter of fact about these issues.  It's not a personal criticism of teachers' hard work to state that the DL model doesn't work for many kids.  It's also not a personal criticism of parents to state that teachers are working hard and doing their best to educate students remotely.  As PP said, both are true.[/quote]

+1 Agreed and realize many teachers are parents that can agree DL isn’t working for their kids either. That’s a decision we really can’t control and that’s the problem because that is what has been handed to us all. [/quote]

For distance learning to work, you need good strong teachers and parental support.  If students aren't logging on or paying attention or doing the work, only so much teachers can do.   Likewise, for younger grades, parents need to be more involved and hands on teaching the foundation stuff, which many prefer to leave to the school.  Kids who are supplemented at home generally do better as they have that support.  It doesn't take much to supplement in the k-3 years.

We are in MS and its working well.  Our big complaint is the lack of homework and teachers having the kids do the assignments they don't do otherwise in class time so there is less class time because of it.  I think they should fail kids who don't log on, participate or do the work.  They aren't helping anyone by passing them, especially the students.[/quote]

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