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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework is already "graded for completion" rather than for content in ES, so this doesn't feel like a huge shift.

However, I think this is the wrong direction. The MCPS approach seems to be that homework is too hard for some kids to complete if their parents are not English speakers, or if there are generational trauma issues.

So, instead of working with families and re-emphasizing the importance of education, MCPS just "drops the rope."

Contrast this with DCPS and PGCPS, both of which also have issues of English language learners and generational poverty. Those districts double down on homework, and radically scale up parental engagement, rather than just throwing up their hands and deciding it is too hard. [/quote]

It’s too much of a liberal mindset in MCPS. The other districts are right to double down. There’s no evidence that minority kids or poor kids do worse .

My mom and dad were  poor , immigrants, and not great English speakers at all.

My mom was a housekeeper but she used to make  me read newspapers encyclopedias and dictionaries she got from her employer  to her (showing my
Age here ) under the guise I’m teaching HER language skills she needed for .

She knew the school wasn’t going to teach me a thing . It’s best to make a reader out of your child at home. Granted I think it may be easier for girls.

My youngest brother is 2 years younger never read much of anything without a fuss and I did all his homework and the teachers (which were the same teachers I had) all Noticed. 
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