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Giving a child a copy of notes for each class does NOT remove accountability from the student nor does it give the student permission to tune out. What it DOES do is prevent a child’s brain from becoming worn out as a result of having to rapidly and repeatedly transition between whiteboard and notebook, often while applying extra concentration to write legibly with clumsy fingers all while being reminded by his teacher to “pay attention,” while also being expected to remember a series of three instructions long enough to execute them. Where is it written that the key to successful learning is manually  writing  notes into a notebook the moment a statement is uttered by an instructor? Hint, it isn’t written anywhere. If a student has difficulty multitasking and processing at the speed a teacher teaches, why not allow the student to audio record the lesson and listen to it later at her own pace? Allowing her to pause whenever she needs to in order to ty...

Giving a child a copy of notes for each class does NOT remove accountability from the student nor does it give the student permission to tune out. What it DOES do is prevent a child’s brain from becoming worn out as a result of having to rapidly and repeatedly transition between whiteboard and notebook, often while applying extra concentration to write legibly with clumsy fingers all while being reminded by his teacher to “pay attention,” while also being expected to remember a series of three instructions long enough to execute them. Where is it written that the key to successful learning is manually  writing  notes into a notebook the moment a statement is uttered by an instructor? Hint, it isn’t written anywhere. If a student has difficulty multitasking and processing at the speed a teacher teaches, why not allow the student to audio record the lesson and listen to it later at her own pace? Allowing her to pause whenever she needs to in order to ty...