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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not do prek in DCPS.  But our neighbor did and there was worksheet homework.  It wasn’t required but that was that.  She pulled her kid out after 1 year.[/quote]

Our Title 1 DCPS had no worksheets in PK. In K they would send home a bingo sheet for homework with the suggestion you try to get a "bingo" during the week. But the stuff on the sheet was stuff like "read together for 15 minutes" or "show my parents what I learned in PE" or "practice saying 1-10 in Spanish." They would sometimes put some worksheet items on the back of the bingo sheet (phonics or math stuff) and your kid could fill it out or not -- I think it was mostly to help parents know what they were working on.

Starting in 1st we had 10 minutes of homework each night. This moved to 20 minutes in 2nd and so on. Most kids do their homework during "power hour" at aftercare when teachers are available for tutoring. So we generally just review it when they get home.

I remember when DC was in K, a friend with kids in a charter saw the bingo sheet in our house and picked it up and started ranting about how terrible it was. But it wasn't. It was fine, helped keep us in the loop as to what was happening at school, and was very low pressure since you could always skip it if you needed to (which we did during times when our kid was clearly just worn out from the school day or we had other stuff going on in our lives).

I think people without kids in DCPS often assume the worst to help justify their own choices. Which you don't need to do. Do what you want. But this belief you have that DCPS is so terrible and doing all these developmentally inappropriate things... at least for us, it hasnt' been true at all. PK was phenomenal and while we haven't loved every single thing in K-3rd, on balance I think our kids are getting a good education, the teachers are skilled and kind, and the curriculum is very solid. It's a traditional public school education, which is also what I got and I am well-educated and successful.[/quote]

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