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Wstrdg
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 02:46 pm |
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If you're not familiar with Jessica Hagy's doodles, you should be! She's got some clever stuff, and I think she's figured out that helicopter parent thing:
http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/02/note-to-helicopters.html
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Fireflyscout
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 06:58 pm |
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| I'll have to show this to my son - he's covering parabolas right now in math.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Thu Feb 14th, 2008 06:52 pm |
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Tell me: Who the heck has been gathering data on my son all these years? 
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Wstrdg
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Posted: Fri Mar 21st, 2008 03:35 pm |
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Things are out of hand in this public school district, reports the Baltimore Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-te.ho.helicopter04mar04,0,4546483.story
I wish our district had online grade reporting! Some teachers are resisting its implementation because they simply don't give grades more than twice a semester, the minimum required under the collective bargaining agreement. My D brings home a report card with a big blank space after the course name! On the other hand, she says that's okay, because he does accept late work from the students: "if I don't have to grade it on time, you don't have to turn it in on time." Just a little more than 400 more days of high school . . . we can do it!
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Fireflyscout
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Posted: Fri Mar 21st, 2008 05:15 pm |
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We've got online grade reporting (visible to students/parents) in my district. I haven't heard any teacher grumblings, but found it interesting to note that the one teacher who is consistently lacking in grade postings is the AP computer science teacher.
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Deja
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Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 08:14 pm |
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What's interesting to me is that the reporter apparently never tried to talk to any parents. There are three sides to every story, after all (two sides and the truth), and by not speaking to the other side, the reporter seems to be equating the schools' side with The Truth.
I have been a parent of a student receiving special education services. From that perspective, I must write that I believe that many parents of students receiving special education services are justified in questioning the schools. Too much has been too wrong for too long. Parents who don't sit back and take what the school says without question are deemed to be "difficult." I know; I was a "difficult" parent.
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jocelynDAD
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Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 09:00 pm |
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Deja:
the old adage "one rotten apple will spoil the entire barrel'. is in play on this topic IMO.
Having a 'rotten' teacher can be a terrible problem for any student, most so IMO for any child in a special education.
Having a 'rotten` parent can be a terrible problem for a teacher, as well.
For a school district with retention problems normally, having a teacher leave to go to another district or school or leave the profession can have a significant impact.
While special ed teachers tend to be with their students for the entire day at the K-8 levels, other teachers in middle schools and high schools have multiple classes.
With 5 or 6 different classes averaging from 20 to 25 students, that means a range from 100 to 150 students (and corresponding parents x2).
A few 'squeaky wheels' can make a lot of noise that could be the 'tipping point' for many teachers.
It is a difficult problem for school administrators and school boards. Some parents find no fault with their child (you can see that demonstrated in restaurants any day or evening of the week unfortunately).
While I would never defend a 'rotten' teacher, the odds are (in balance) that parents need to be more aware of their responsibiliities as well as the limited role of the teacher(s).
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Deja
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Posted: Mon Mar 24th, 2008 04:40 pm |
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jocelynDAD wrote: Deja:
While special ed teachers tend to be with their students for the entire day at the K-8 levels, other teachers in middle schools and high schools have multiple classes.
With 5 or 6 different classes averaging from 20 to 25 students, that means a range from 100 to 150 students (and corresponding parents x2).
A few 'squeaky wheels' can make a lot of noise that could be the 'tipping point' for many teachers.
It is a difficult problem for school administrators and school boards. Some parents find no fault with their child (you can see that demonstrated in restaurants any day or evening of the week unfortunately).
While I would never defend a 'rotten' teacher, the odds are (in balance) that parents need to be more aware of their responsibiliities as well as the limited role of the teacher(s).
Actually, even in middle school where there are multiple classes and teachers/day, a student receiving special education services probably has multiple teachers in a day. The majority of students receiving sped services have Learning Disabilities (most in reading), and many of those students receive most of their core academic instruction in a regular classroom.
I'm not doubting that there are some parents who interfere too much, but I also believe that this wasn't a balanced story because the reporter never included the other side. You can bet that an article written about a group of parents unhappy about something within the school system would have included the other side.
In the article, one county (Carroll) had a lot of parents of special education students contacting the teacher/school, and this was cause to complain to the reporter. I continue to maintain that parents of students receiving special education services should keep a close eye on what is going on with their child's education. I write this from my experience of being the parent of a student who received special education services.
Last edited on Mon Mar 24th, 2008 05:57 pm by Deja
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