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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop blaming the teacher.

It's Algebra. It's not complicated. It's basic mechanical algorithms. If your kid can't get the "instruction" from IXL or Khan practice, your kid doesn't need to be 2-3 years accelerated. [/quote]

I agree. If the kid is not doing well, drop it now.  In our kid's class, there are couple of kids who are not following it, but parents are not dropping it yet because they likes "My kid is in Algebra 1 pilot program".  [/quote]

You should read the thread before posting.

Nowhere did I say that my DC is not doing well in the class. However, Algebra 1 teacher at our school absolutely deserves to be called out for doing a poor job. [/quote]

To be fair to the teacher, schools were notified about this program a few weeks before the school year started. ES teachers, who are not certified in teaching Algebra and have never taught in HS, have been slated to teach the class without any training and, it sounds like, little help. Some schools seem to have brought in a teacher for just Algebra 1 but some assigned their 6th grade math teacher to teach the class. Your kids teacher could be overwhelmed by the task. That doesn't help your child or the other children in the class but [b]if there ever was a year that a teacher could use some grace, this is it. [/b]
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OP here. Thank you for posting this and you are 100% right, especially the bolded. I got carried away with the statements of some of the posters who seem to claim that lack of feedback and typical effort that one would expect from a teacher is ok. It just so happens that this teacher is known for problematic practices within the AAP program itself, and has now made them even worse for the Algebra 1 students. I wondered whether this is what the pilot looks like at other schools as well.

But, to flip this whole argument to a completely different direction: if you are a teacher in Algebra 1 pilot and struggling due to the lack of support from the county, what would be your wishlist to make your job easier? I know it might sound silly, but, parents might just be able to pull it off.

Please leave out “take your child if they are struggling” (parents who are smart enough will do that sooner rather than later), or “don’t talk poorly about me on the dcurbanmom” (too late for that and for what it’s worth, that was not my original intention).

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You want a wishlist from A1 pilot teachers to make their job easier that doesn’t include a request to stop badmouthing them or pulling out kids who are failing? You’re right, OP, it does sound ridiculous. [/quote]

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