Teaching at Home and Teaching in School

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Teachers: Do Your Job. TEACH":

I know the teacher isn't teaching a lesson when the homework given is not the same as the classwork. HW should be an extension of classwork and that is NOT the case in some classes. It is not a matter of a kid paying attention. It is black and white when classwork and homework are separate entities and parents end up teaching lessons that should have been taught in school. Quality time with my kid means free time to pursue interests non-school related. Yes, my teaching decimals is time spent with my kid but it is time that can also be spent pursuing other interests. Take a survey. Count how many pay for tutors. Then count how many don't pay but do the teaching at home. Then see how many kids do work without help from tutor or parent. What should those numbers be? Maybe it all comes down to getting a "good" teacher. There are some in this district. However, if curriculum were the same across the board (as it is in other districts), maybe the problem could be remedied. Along with teachers asking for a raise, we need parents to write a list of what we want for our children (i.e.: when will science start getting taught at Stratford Rd.?? First quarter over and still waiting...)

Ed's note: Make the list and bring it with you to the next board meeting.