Thanks for reaffirming our decision to move DD from a W-area elementary to an all-girls private. It's costing us $50k+/year, but she's in a class of 18 kids and no behavioral issues.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

And the complete failure of modern parenting.

Many parents do a good job.

Sounds to me like she is saying only the girl parents do. 🙄

In my more than 15 years of experience in MCPS, any students who I have had to deal with that are consistent behavior problems have been 99 percent boys. It's usually 3 or 4 per class. I can even name the behavior issue students from every single class since I started teaching. There are only 2 years I can think of where girls were the main behavior issue (2012 and 2020) compared to the rest of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

And the complete failure of modern parenting.

Many parents do a good job.

I agree! There are many parents that do a good job. But the parents who don't ruin it for the rest of us.

Anonymous wrote:How do teachers actually feel about and approach differentiation and enrichment? They tell us that it is no problem for teachers to have all different levels of kids because y'all are skilled at differentiation and can give all the kids the support and/or enrichment they need, layered into the regular curriculum... is that actually true in your opinion, or do you wish that classes were structured differently? Do most teachers care about and try to provide enrichment to kids who are advanced, or are you too busy trying to help the kids who are behind catch up to have time for that?

(Does this vary by grade at all, do you think? What grade do you teach?)

Unfortunately that is lip service. It's impossible for me to differentiate my instruction for every lesson all day long. Anyone who says otherwise is either someone who has been out of the classroom for many years (like administration or central office) or a first year teacher. There are also many different types of differentiation...you can differentiate content, process, and product. We try our best....

When our classes sizes are 20 plus kids....we can't possibly meet every child's individual level of need. To give you a more concrete understanding ....I have students who scored in the 170s on the MAP tests all the way up through the 250s. In one classroom.

I know and care deeply about each of my kids needs and wish I had enough time to meet all of their needs individually. I just don't.

The two curriculums we follow now rarely allow for small group time that we had time for in prior curriculums.

I like that there are compacted math classes in the upper grades of elementary school and enrichment classes for FIT time. It makes it easier to teach when the student abilities are similar.

We are usually too busy trying to support the IEP/504 kids and are unable to provide enrichment or focus much on the high kids.

I experience this personally bc my daughter is in an MCPS school and is a high kid and doesn't get any enrichment.

Anonymous wrote:Does parent advocacy have any chance of reducing the use of screens in schools or even in an individual classroom?

Zero chance. And a question to ponder..... Does teacher advocacy have any chance of reducing the use of screens at home????

Also...my students are rarely on their Chromebooks. Is that where the parent concerns are? Are you all going to fight for their to be less screen use in college too? Teaching students how to properly utilize screens is important. It's part of life.

I use the Boxlight to teach with bc it's efficient and engaging. I'm not showing them YouTube videos all day long on it or anything....

Anonymous wrote:What do the teachers at your school think about CKLA and Eureka- and what type of school are you at (high SES, Focus, Title 1)? I am a teacher in a Title 1 school, and both curriculums are completely inappropriate for our student body.

We are a high SES school. Low EMLs, low FARMS. Eureka and CKLA work well for our student body.
Some teachers of the earlier grades don't like that CKLA doesn't have more text in their hands. They say they have to do a lot of reading to the students.
We get complaints that the students don't get more enrichment opportunities in both subjects. Parents fight for their kids to be in the compacted classes and the CKLA enrichment class for FIT time.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

And the complete failure of modern parenting.

Many parents do a good job.

Sounds to me like she is saying only the girl parents do. 🙄

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

And the complete failure of modern parenting.

Many parents do a good job.

Anonymous wrote:How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

And the complete failure of modern parenting.

How do teachers actually feel about and approach differentiation and enrichment? They tell us that it is no problem for teachers to have all different levels of kids because y'all are skilled at differentiation and can give all the kids the support and/or enrichment they need, layered into the regular curriculum... is that actually true in your opinion, or do you wish that classes were structured differently? Do most teachers care about and try to provide enrichment to kids who are advanced, or are you too busy trying to help the kids who are behind catch up to have time for that?

(Does this vary by grade at all, do you think? What grade do you teach?)

Does parent advocacy have any chance of reducing the use of screens in schools or even in an individual classroom?

What do the teachers at your school think about CKLA and Eureka- and what type of school are you at (high SES, Focus, Title 1)? I am a teacher in a Title 1 school, and both curriculums are completely inappropriate for our student body.

It's insane. I cannot believe what kids can get away with. Serious behavior issues have no consequences. 99 percent of the behavior issues I see are boys. Constant and blatant disrespect to teachers and fellow students. Clearly their parents do not follow up about their behavior at home....no parenting or consequences. Many hire au pairs and nannies so their kids never actually are parented. The kids are entitled shits at the age of 9. Imagine when they're in high school. I cringe.

How do you truly feel about the horrible behaviors that are now being left in the classroom?

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