Do teachers normally have this much freedom in making up assignments?

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Originally Posted by Platapus

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/us/new...html?hpt=hp_t2



Don't assignments need to be approved by some one other than the teacher? I was under the impression that teachers needed to submit lesson plans and such.

This is in High School.

When I was going through my advanced analysis courses in the military, we had to do such exercises and they do have their purpose, but not in high school

So we got some teachers here. Is it common for a teacher to have such freedom to make up assignments and not have them reviewed by anyone else in the school?

It's not an easy question to answer. Technically, in general, the lesson plan does need to be submitted, but often, it's just filed away with no one looking at it. There are a lot of factors that come in to play. The school district, the subject, the student's age level, the teacher's experience, and in some cases, any kind of known problem with the teacher (such as having young students write a paper like this one). I can see an experienced teacher, with a good solid reputation, teaching an advanced writing class, the lesson plan is filed away with no one else looking at it.