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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I stumbled onto this post and OP, thank you for expressing why I find my kids' elementary school frustrating. Yes, we supplement because if we didn't our kids would spend their days ambling from station to station doing "independent" work. There's the mini-lesson for 15 minutes, but beyond that my kids both report that they work alone or with other kids to figure out things. There is a massive lack of direct instruction. Hence, we spend money on Russian Math and I spend over an hour each night essentially teaching my kids reading, including walking through the different steps in a DRA. It is frustrating when I think about how much time is wasted in school where the kids are not getting direct instruction.[/quote]

OP - I agree. It is nice to hear what I've been thinking articulated so well by a teacher. It is unbelievable how much is expected to be done at home. Not only that, but it is unbelievable how little assistance the schools give to help parents do it all at home. You kid gets a bad grade on a test?  Come in and see me about it (and that is after it took 2-3 weeks to grade the test).  We don't send tests home. So we have to go in and meet with a teacher to see the test and the go over it at home with our kids during the same time that they are supposed to be studying for the next test on new material.

Even the most involved, caring parents with conscientious students have trouble supporting their kids.  [/quote]

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