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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm disappointed in what I've seen and heard about writing instruction in APS. For parents of kids at HB, do you think it's any better? I thought that the smaller class sizes might mean more time for teachers to assign longer essays and give feedback on papers, etc, even while working within the same curriculum. Your feedback is appreciated.[/quote]

Excellent question. I'd be interested in the answer to this, too. "Too many students" has been the main/sole excuse/reason for not being able to do more substantial writing. So a small school should theoretically be able to handle it, right? Or do HB teachers have the same # of students?[/quote]

Even if they have same number of students, they have far fewer discipline problems, just look at the suspension data, they have about about 1/8-1/4 the number of suspensions of the mainstream high schools. Having involved parents really helps that, and the lottery opt in and logistics does just that.

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Suspension-Data-2019-20.pdf[/quote]

Entirely irrelevant to being able to assign and grade papers.[/quote]
 You are unaware of how much time teachers must devote to maintaining class order in these times. Send them to the office, they send them back. Being suspended or expelled takes a RIDICULOUS high bar of bad behavior and takes forever.   It completely diminishes available instruction and administrative time as they must deal with it in class and document after to see any progress made. [/quote]

Not buying that as an excuse for not being able to assign and grade writing pieces. Nonsense. [/quote]

You need to sub for a few days in a school that has discipline issues.[/quote]

Assignments can be done outside of class. Grading of assignments should take place outside of class. So if the teacher can't give any instruction because of such egregious behavior all class long every day all year, (1) maybe they shouldn't be a teacher and (2) they can provide instruction via comments on the writing assignments they grade. If students can't get the work done in class, they are expected to finish it as homework. [/quote]

PP here. I would agree with you in a school situation with more typical students as regards behavior. A lot of schools have students who can barely express themselves verbally, much less in writing; and they think fighting is the norm. [/quote]

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