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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a middle schooler, and we are very disappointed. The teachers seem bored, and they sometimes show up for five minutes of instruction and then leave the kids to fend for themselves with the lesson. There are some teachers that do make an effort to be there for the whole class, but even so, the classes are unengaging - I thought mainly because the format of DL is inherently not engaging. What does a DL program that crushed look like? It is good to hear that Wilson is doing well with its DL program. [/quote]

There was so much more synchronous instruction and the teachers were 100% engaged...lecturing and monitoring break-out groups.  My Wilson student basically had real, live instruction Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday, and Fridays from 9:30-4pm (and enough work on Wednesdays to keep them engaged)...

As for the 4x4, I think it worked really well for the DL but I agree that I'd prefer the normal schedule for IPL...sounds like it is a district-wide policy.  FWIW, a lot of districts across the country (including several wealthy suburban ones) have moved to this.[/quote]

It s fine for DL.  It’s an awful schedule for in person school.  Trying learn something like Physics or Precalculus everyday for 90 minutes is really fast.  It doesn’t give much time for kids to catch up or get extra help because you keep moving.  And as a PP mentioned AP classes are so difficult.  AP Calculus BC second semester would mean you learn an entire year of calculus from February to early May.  With a February and spring break in there that is almost impossible to do effectively.  Students need time to process what they learn.

Also if you have Algebra I first semester freshmen year and pass the course, because we all know this 4x4 is just low expectations of students, they may not have Geoemtry until second semester sophomore year.  That’s a full year of no math.  Same deal with foreign language.  How could kids possible remember the content?[/quote]

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