My 5th grader has been dumbed down tremendously by government provided skewls. Get a bad grade? Take the test again. Want a good score on Standards of Learning? Test the kids all year long on the same stuff they will see on SOLs. Homework? If she gets 30 minutes a night then that’s something. When I ask her to think through something she claims that the teachers don’t force them to do it in a way that requires effort. Year after year of learning about the Virginia native population and topography but you can forget math, financial basics or civics.
It’s like this everywhere. Meanwhile all the Indian and Paki families have their kids at Kumon on the weekends to max out the learning potential so they can get ahead.
How long are you going to let that go on?
Consult your local homeschool association for help.