My kid is somewhat trouble in school, but part of my son’s problem is the nonsense he is being taught. For example, when they were studying Indonesia/SE Asia in his world history class the lessons stopped at 1973. My son pointed out how convenient that was since the teacher did not have to teach about The Killing Fields that resulted from our abandonment of anti-communist regimes in the area nor did the teacher have to mention the Vietnamese boat people (two of whom he interviewed for his unit project).
On the other hand, if my son has no interest in doing something, he won’t do it short of actual physical punishment. At a smaller, rural district, we had an agreement with the VP that my son got two spats from the school for every paper not turned in on time and satisfactorily completed. The current district
will not do that and my son has gone from straight A’s to barely passing. (He still gets walloped at home, but it seems to make less of an impression than getting it both places.)
My granddaughters 7th grade class was studying the Revolutionary War...England ya know...So they learned about King George and the History of England. What they didn’t teach her?? There IS a LIVING Queen of England...and a Prince and his two sons. Geez...I could have screamed.