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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know for a fact that DCPS develops and prepares curriculum/content for things like science and social studies. But, by the time it is filtered through the individual schools and teachers, it is nothing like what was originally created. For instance, a school might be told they have to spend a certain number of hours per week on Science, and maybe they schedule it... but things like testing, birthday celebrations, extra recess, assemblies, etc..... happen more frequently than you realize.  And where does the time come from... typically, science and social studies.  Then, lets look at the classroom.  A teacher sees the Social Studies work for the day. Likes the story being read and the topic, but decides to write their own questions.  The questions end up being comprehension questions, which basically makes the Social Studies lesson a reading comprehension activity. Some people still think reading a history story or a story about plants is sufficient to be called science/social studies. They don't understand the nuance of teaching scientific thinking, or social studies skills.

This is happening throughout DCPS.  It is happening all over the country. As parents. you need to advocate the city, the school, the classrooms, the teachers.  All levels.  Dedicated time for these subjects, actual content, robust teaching, etc.

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Very true. Science and Social studies are most likely to be an afterthought. I've worked in three different districts in the DMV and that was always the truth, with the exception of when it was being covered by the SOLs in Virginia.

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