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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't say if they're in decline, but the reputation seems overblown compared to affluent NJ suburbs.[/quote]

NJ suburbs have small, township-based school systems, so of course no single system there will attract as much attention as FCPS.

And the poorer systems in NJ really suffer, because they aren’t subsidized by the wealthier areas.

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No they are subsidized due to court decisions. Camden and Newark in particular.

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Nobody in Fairfax county gives a sh*t about New Jersey schools.  [/quote]

I live in Fairfax and I do.  The education here is worse than what I got as a kid in wealthy suburban NJ, but it seems that the teaching style today and the subject matter covered is much different than what I had as a kid as well. Maybe the current style is better for most of the student population, but k-2 doesn't seem nearly challenging enough.[/quote]

Then Go back to Jersey, and quit comparing apples and oranges. [/quote]

I prefer higher standards.  I don't understand why FCPS is so highly regarded.

They never even taught penmanship.  No instruction on how to letters properly with correct stroke order.  They sure know how to draw on a computer and listen to stories on an ipad though!

No actual tests?  No mad minutes? No quizzes on reading? No feedback on actual comprehension of reading? There's no actual objective feedback that lets me know what progress my child is making in school. Report cards are entirely subjective and worthless.  Progress reports provide minimal textual feedback on challenges and successes. No notes coming home from the teacher saying good or bad feedback.

No required summer reading so far in elementary.

[b]I have to spend money on weekends and get my kid to do workbooks on their own to give them a more challenging education. If I have to determine on my own what my child is learning in school, how well they're learning it, and challenging my own kids so they actually learn something new why the heck are they in school for 7 hours  a day?
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The only reasons I can see so far why the system is highly rated is because you have a lot of educated wealthy parents, and a relatively large recent immigrant demographic that takes learning seriously outside of school.  This means you have a large number of engaged parents, a lot of support, and a more highly intelligent school cohort than the nation at large.[/quote]

This is so true.  What are they doing for 7+ hours each day?  I'm serious when I ask this?  Are there any teachers who can answer this?  It seems there is a lot of sitting around.  My child gets work sent home that is marked correct even when the answer is not actually correct.

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Teachers are told what to do even when they don't agree with it. I am a teacher and I am told I have to go small groups in both math and reading. Okay, fine but I am also told to use nearly the entire math and reading blocks to do so. So my students spend most of their day in small groups. They are first graders and most of them do not have the maturity to do their work rather than talk or fool around. We offer incentives of course but I don't agree that I should spend most of my day doing this. My students might get 15 minutes of my time once or twice a day and the rest of the time they are on their own.[/quote]

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