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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flipped sounds great (for me, actually).  And for anyone with an IQ over 120.  You try to understand the material, then the teach explains and reinforces what you know.

Sure beats busy homework.[/quote]

I think "flipped" could work if it was used in conjunction with video lectures where someone is SHOWING how to do something (like Khan academy or other videos).  That way kids wouldn't be on their own to figure out math lessons from books... then it would make a lot of sense to use the classroom time for working through problems.  In theory, it could be good... but it just depends on how the teachers implement it.

But, this is totally off point of the original thread -- which I started -- so far, there has only been one person who claims to have calculated the hours of instructional time -- and according to him/her, the total hours (excluding the new extra 20 min.) is more than 990 -- but that would only hold true if there were less than 7 snow days.  At that point -- based on the numbers that PP provided, the instructional time would dip below 990.  If that is, in fact, the case, then I'm not bothered by it. But, I'd like to hear the superintendent or school board or someone who did the accounting explain why they are now using the walk to/from the bus as "instructional time."  I guess, in the big scheme of things, the kids lose at least a week of "instructional time" during the final week of school b/c the teachers literally stop teaching.  This past June, my kid was shown a movie in her homeroom, then the next day she was shown the SAME movie in her Adv. Math class!  My 2nd grader was shown a full length movie in the morning and ANOTHER full length  movie in the afternoon!  WTH!  So, I probably shouldn't worry about losing 20 min. per day --- but when added to a full week (or more) that is not spent on anything educational, I can't help but feel that kids (all kids, not just mine) are being cheated by FCPS (which is skating by on the fact that many kids come from highly educated families and therefore they do pretty well on tests.)

Like another PP said, we don't want our administrators to be dishonest in how they are meeting standards.  Do it right, or don't do it at all.[/quote]

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