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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis - 7th - A+

This is my kid’s rating.  She loves it, and I only see her for her to tell me about things she is excited about learning.  But it is a LONG day!  With few breaks.   I have her teams on my phone, so I see all her work and messages with her teachers, and there have been some hiccups but none that she even bothered to mention to me.  When a problem comes up, she tells the teacher (after running language past a friend as they learned better results if complaints are edited) they discuss, it is fixed.  So I stay out of it.  I really couldn’t be happier about what she is learning, and she is giddy and motivated, so even if it wouldn’t be my cup of tea, I’m giving it an A+ for my kid.[/quote]

Great to hear. I hope we get there someday. 
-dispirited 5th grade parent[/quote]

Sorry to hear you are having a rough go of it, dispirited 5th grade parent.  Starting a new school via DL is SO hard - and such a bummer! My kid is in 6th at Basis and things are going fairly well (I give it an A-).  I think the key is to keep on top of the daily class assignments and just get them turned in on time/early. Otherwise, they start to pile up and it is is impossible (for me) to find them in the various different locations on Teams. I have my kid go through each class towards the end of the day under the "assignments" tab to make sure nothing falls through the cracks - try that?  Seems to be the best way to see what is due most immediately.[/quote]
Thanks for this. I am seeing this to be the case for sure. I think t[b]he school has abdicated a lot of responsibility from themselves to parents[/b]- but it doesn't want to admit this. How on earth are working class or poor families with limited time supposed to be spending hours checking their kids assignments every day and making sure their kid is able to find the teacher, assignment etc. Honestly, Basis needs to either tell parents that is part of their job OR teach the kids to do so. But they can't have it both ways. [/quote]

I disagree.  [b]They make it very clear that it is the students' responsibility to keep up, not the parents. [/b] I agree it is a steep learning curve, but kids either get it within a few weeks or the school probably isn't the best fit for them.  I have never once had to find my child's teacher or assignment.  I do random spot checks on returned items, and I read the messages she receives back from teachers as they go to my phone, but it seems the teachers are very available to help when asked.  I would make sure that you aren't taking this teaching away.  Maybe don't do it for your kid, but have them do it for themselves.[/quote]

If you think a 5th grader should within two weeks have mastered teams, know how to find workarounds for files and links that don't work, learn how to send a chat to a teacher who DOES NOT KNOW THEIR NAME and who then doesn't respond and continue to follow up, react to chats alerts they can't see, wade through endless messages on chat to find one that is at all relevant to them, master the art of taking images of their work and uploading it, learn to advocate for themselves in a class of 45 students who they can't see and have never met, double check all their assignments but ignoring the ones that aren't assigned to them but show up in their queue anyhow, oh, and also complete all the actual work without parental help, you are insane.[/quote]

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