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A school board in South Carolina has launched a pilot program to get rid of snow days and instead have students work from home when the weather turns treacherous. Beyond depriving schoolkids of the joys of weather-enforced truancy, the plan will exacerbate the region's digital divide for student who don't have internet access at home.
Anderson County School District Five will be the first region to participate in the pilot program this upcoming school year. In the past, Anderson County had makeup days tacked on to the end of the school year in lieu of days missed due to bad weather, but most kids ended up just skipping them, according to a local news report.
Students from grades 3 through 12 in the school board are already given Chromebooks to use at home, so in the event of a snow day or other inclement weather that causes a shutdown, kids will be expected to log on from home, communicate with teachers, and complete assignments.
Source: MotherBoard
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday August 05 2018, @03:17PM
I think you're asking "What is Kumon?" and you can get the answer from Google or any Asian tiger mom.
My kids tried it in Elementary school and did not really take to it, but it does apparently work for people who put in the time (and money).
My kids, not being Asian, were pretty much the only non-Asians in the room. Asians are civilized high IQ people, its not like I was sending them to Somalia or Walmart or McDonalds; it was a pretty chill experience. Admittedly everyone in the room, including my kids, was a child of an engineer, programmer, or manager, so there's some cherry picking WRT presence of civilized behavior.
The general Kumon concept is repetitive exercise to memorize what to do, until instant almost reflexive response is easy. Definitely more of an "cardio" outlook on learning as opposed to a "weight lifting" outlook on learning. It can be just a little boring and slow paced...
Kumon also offers (offered?) reading, in the sense of read a heck of a lot and answer worksheet questions to verify comprehension. At least reading can theoretically be fun and interesting, unlike a giant page of "multiplications of seven" worksheet.