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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly think we will look back at this and see it like smoking while pregnant or not using car seats. What were we thinking??? That is if we don't fully turn into Idiocracy by then.

The sad thing is this is just one more way that poor and rich kids will be different. Rich kids at private schools learn cursive and how to read novels. They develop attention spans. Poor kids get ed tech with ads shoved in their faces for 80% of the day. [/quote]

And rich kids can put on their resumes “Perfect Cursive Handwriting“

My three read books and learned cursive but didn’t have to continue it.  I think it was mostly to be able to read it when reading old documents and letters.   There are no benefits to writing in cursive.  If a student does better with cursive fine, but not necessary.

One read The Outsiders and The Giver in the sixth grade.  They are reading a contemporary novel right now but I forget the name. Shakespeare comes in the 8th grade and they put on a Shakespeare play.

I remember two years ago my daughter read Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, The Family Under the Bridge and Holes in the 4th grade.

I think some posters claiming their kids don’t read complete books are trolls.  How can they not read complete novels and why wouldn’t they?   Mine are in public school and none of that is true.

As for Chromebooks you can block ads.  The schools should have done that for the students.  Most schools use Chromebooks for some subjects and notebooks for others.

I wouldn’t wait longer than middle school for the students to be using a laptop.  The longer they use them the more adept they are.   They type faster with fewer errors.  They can manage three screens being open to work on an assignment with ease. They know how to use all of the tools.  You don’t want the poor kid trying to use her thumbs to type like an iPhone. You want the laptop to be second nature.    [/quote]

There are actually a lot of benefits to kids learning cursive, far beyond reading old documents. Look it up[/quote]

+1. And the narrowmindedness of “it’s this way at our school, so it must be this way at yours” is nothing to be proud of. [/quote]

When you have a top performing public school,  and others have serious complaints about their schools not doing their jobs, the way it’s done in the high test scoring schools might be more helpful.

Learning to write well is important.  Learning cursive isn’t.  It’s nice to be able to write in cursive fast and flawlessly but it’s not possible for every student. Maybe make it an elective class for children of parents who can’t let it go.   [/quote]

The “top performing” school are top performing because of all the enrichment (either directly or indirectly) kids and their parents do outside of school. It isn’t the teachers or curriculum- those things are more or less standardized and follow what the state tells them. [/quote]

They are apparently outperforming the schools  that don’t read full books and cheap programs with ads on Chromebooks.  That has to be some of it.  These communities who only read snippets also have involved parents.    I’m sure the teachers are fine but if students aren’t reading complete age appropriate novels by 2nd grade they wouldn’t do as well as schools that do.   Same thing with grammar, and it’s not just the Catholics who teach it.  [/quote]

The way some publics are educating kids (i.e., not) i'd have to supplement almost every subject that is taught. And all the subjects and topics they don't teach, like science, geography, spelling, grammar. Do parents really have that kind of time or are they just throwing a couple math problems around, using a spelling workbook, and hoping their kids read books at home? I have the time, and I still don't want DD to spend so much free time doing academic work. I want her to play, relax, and pursue activities she enjoys.[/quote]

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