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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]THEY DO KNOW. You have no idea what teachers have or have not said to their reps and admin about this. We push back/ they don’t care. You have no idea what curriculum *we* have asked for or what modifications we make against policy and with our own money to teach effectively. So quit acting like just because nobody listens to us either that we aren’t doing or saying anything. It’s literally stupid that you all believe teachers have so much control over return to school, curriculum, etc oh yeah but somehow we also stay giving ourselves low salaries with all this power we have. [/quote]

+1,000,000,000[/quote]

I believe you.  Why are Administrators so devoted to this philosophy?  I don’t get it. [/quote]

Are most teachers in agreement that the curriculum is terrible? If so, how can parents and teachers join forces to change it? I want to help, but don’t know where to start!

If APS cares so much about equity (and they should!), they need to fix the curriculum problem.[b] Low SES kids aren’t getting the tutoring and other supplementation that wealthier kids get. It is making the gap even worse![/b] We need a quality curriculum for ALL![/quote]

This. It’s not fair. [/quote]

The first thing that needs to be done in regular classrooms at the early elementary level is to get rid of the kids who can't sit still and behave.  Put them in separate classes and stop hiding behind IEPs - They literally take up time that could be used for literacy or any other subject.  I don't know how much time is literally wasted because one or more kids consistently distract the rest of the class every day.  Parents, you know who you are because these kids obviously live with you and I know of many cases that ate junk food all day, watched tv or played video games for hours at a time, and had very few rules to follow in their life.  This is probably the single biggest complaint parents with kids in disruptive classes have and I know of more than a few teachers who couldn't stand these kids either because their parents won't allow teachers to punish them or remove them from the class.[/quote]

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