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If your friend thought that the school was solely responsible for their child's education, that's more on them than the school. Every child is going to have ar

If your friend thought that the school was solely responsible for their child's education, that's more on them than the school. Every child is going to have areas they struggle in, and parents are responsible for their children 24/7, not just 6-8 hours per day like the schools.

varjag 3y ago
Well she did what a responsible parent should do, what's your point? That she shouldn't mind the school struggles to teach basic reading in the year 2023?
denton-scratch 3y ago
Parents will be reluctant to interfere in their kids' education; if I had taught my kids to do arithmetic the way I was taught it, they would have become confused, because their schools were using techniques that on the surface looked different. And the jargon was different too. Perhaps not so much with reading. But with reading, parents don't really need to get into all the pedagogy; just reading to and with your kids will help a lot.
NikolaNovak 3y ago
Sure. And I struggle with this balance myself as a parent. But schools do have some very strong responsibility in education - otherwise why are we giving them prime 8 to 12 to 16 years of our lives? And we pay them and kids spend more time with them than with us (we do not contrary to your post have 168hrs a week with them! Kids go to school and play with their friends and sleep and do other activities. School is by far the biggest chunk of their time pie graph!) . When viewed from that perspective our expectations should be high, while not dismissing our our part as parents and supporters of the school. I don't like the north American attitude toward teachers, but i disagree we should not absolve education system of basic education responsibilities.
bitshiftfaced 3y ago
While I agree with your overall point, this case is different. They were teaching a bad method. I highly recommend listening to the free podcast "Sold on a Story," which covers how teaching a non-evidence-based method became the trendy way to teach reading in many schools. A good portion of kids will learn to read regardless of the method. As for the kids who the system failed, many parents had to hire private lessons (who taught phonics) or had to learn how to teach them themselves.

varjag 3y ago

Well she did what a responsible parent should do, what's your point? That she shouldn't mind the school struggles to teach basic reading in the year 2023?

denton-scratch 3y ago

Parents will be reluctant to interfere in their kids' education; if I had taught my kids to do arithmetic the way I was taught it, they would have become confused, because their schools were using techniques that on the surface looked different. And the jargon was different too. Perhaps not so much with reading. But with reading, parents don't really need to get into all the pedagogy; just reading to and with your kids will help a lot.

NikolaNovak 3y ago

Sure. And I struggle with this balance myself as a parent. But schools do have some very strong responsibility in education - otherwise why are we giving them prime 8 to 12 to 16 years of our lives? And we pay them and kids spend more time with them than with us (we do not contrary to your post have 168hrs a week with them! Kids go to school and play with their friends and sleep and do other activities. School is by far the biggest chunk of their time pie graph!) . When viewed from that perspective our expectations should be high, while not dismissing our our part as parents and supporters of the school. I don't like the north American attitude toward teachers, but i disagree we should not absolve education system of basic education responsibilities.

bitshiftfaced 3y ago

While I agree with your overall point, this case is different. They were teaching a bad method. I highly recommend listening to the free podcast "Sold on a Story," which covers how teaching a non-evidence-based method became the trendy way to teach reading in many schools. A good portion of kids will learn to read regardless of the method. As for the kids who the system failed, many parents had to hire private lessons (who taught phonics) or had to learn how to teach them themselves.