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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My older daughter was "taught to read" using this shit approach and is STILL behind and not reading well. F_ her kindergarten teacher.[/quote]

You could take part of the blame as well. It’s not all on teachers.[/quote]

Why? This was my first child and I trusted the school to teach my child how to read, and I trusted them when I said "she can't read these specific beginner books, is that a problem?" and they said "nope, she's right where she should be." How was I to know any better? I think he moral of the story here is you can't trust educators, which is so, so sad.[/quote]
Spot on, that's why parents have to be the primary source of teaching for their children until they can fly solo (hopefully by middle school). Listen to, be respectful, but take teacher feedback with some skepticism; you as a parent can (and should) independently assess your kid at a young age and draw your own conclusions in addition to teacher, to reduce risk.[/quote]

That’s fine and all but in a two parent working household why all the high property taxes to fund schools whose employees now say ‘do it yourself’.  If we are Home Depot’ing it than please let’s cut the 3 billion dollar budgets of MCPS and FCPS and we will redirect funds to teach ourselves the science of learning or find a tutor immersed in direct instruction, phonics, abacus method for math, et al.  [/quote]

No one is saying “do it yourself”. All the posts say things need to happen at school and home.[/quote]

So what happens to the kids whose parents don't speak English well? Or read themselves? Or who work 80 hour jobs to put food on the table and don't have time for enrichment for their kids, or money to buy games and puzzles? We just assume those kids will fail? This is why public schools were created in America - to help ALL the kids learn - not just the ones whose parents can do part of the teaching at home. [/quote]

You are using an example that is over 200 years old. Poor people and immigrants have always received less, in public education and in society. This is not a new problem - even in FCPS. You know what happens because it’s been going on forever. School is for all, but a superior education is for the rich. So now, what are you going to do about it? Public education is not changing any time soon.[/quote]

The expectations were a lot lower back then. Kindergarten was a half-day and some kids never even went to kindergarten (my mom didn't; my grandfather said he wasn't going to send his kid to school to play). Now, the same age kids, are expected to be reading and writing. Now, the majority of students in public schools live in poverty. So they are further behind than kids used to be AND the expectations are much higher.[/quote]

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