You are insane! 18 days is 10% of the school year and it is completely unacceptable. |
These types of lies about EH will forever keep it the academically weak school it is. |
yeah like I said I *hate* that discussion point, precisely for what you point out, but it seemed necessary to dispel the idea that kids aren’t learning anything. I think the data would show that kids of college educated parents do fine at every DCPS MS, of all races. EH (and this gets ignored) has a strong cohort of black kids doing well. EH also undeniably also has a lot of black kids with low test scores from disadvantaged families - but at the end of the day I truly don’t believe my child is worse off for going to school with them. I know quite a few black UMC families that feel differently and seek out more homogeneous schools. That’s understandable. I do wish that DCPS would take a hard look at whether the curriculum (especially math and writing) could be improved but I think that’s true for all MS. |
Both my kids have always gotten 5s on math and it’s a combination of being really gifted in math and having an excellent math tutor. |
I’m going to be honest with you- no. It’s not. EH is just not a good school. I get why you send your kids there, I do. But I would seriously do whatever I could do to send them elsewhere. Learning something isn’t enough. I say this with love, not as an attack. I’m just a stranger on the internet but I sincerely am hoping for the best for you and your kid. |
So basically you proved their point? |
lol ok. I’m sure you, internet stranger, know better than me, the actual parent of my actual child at the actual school in question. |
It gets “ignored” because it’s absolutely not true. Again, stop making stuff up. EH does not have a “strong cohort” of anyone, of any race, “doing well.” |
I’m not sure what your agenda is here. The facts are actually there for anyone to see. |
This is satire, right? You pay for a tutor and still cling to the idea of exceptionalism? Must be satire. |
Yes, they've been quoted over and over again in this thread in response to outright lies by EH boosters. Here they are again... Proficiency rates for 8th grade at EH: ELA: 15 of 75 (20%) Math (8th grade): data suppressed (<5%) Math (Algebra 1): data suppressed |
You can have a totally brilliant kid but still need to be taught math. Not sure how that escapes you. Same goes for many subjects. This is why there is so much untapped potential in bad schools- the kids are smart but they won’t get top scores on standardized tests because the teachers aren’t teaching them what they need to know to get those top scores. |
Well some of us are not interested in needing to get tutors for all subjects and creating another school outside of the wasted school day. It’s exhausting, leaves no time for family, hobbies, extracurriculars, etc…. And best of luck getting buy in from your teenager for that…. |
The original post implied it's easy to get 5s. PP said "I think it's very hard to get a 5 on math if your school never teaches level 5 material..." Response said "Both my kids have always gotten 5s on math and it’s a combination of being really gifted in math and having an excellent math tutor." The response came off as countering that it's easy to get 5s while also noting that they use a tutor. The response basically proves it's NOT easy to get 5s: it took not a combination of gifted child AND tutor - i.e. not easy unless you have outside supplementation, kids aren't taught above grade level math in DC elementary schools, so even a bright child may not score a 5 easily. |
Of course nonwhite kids count, and of course the best way to evaluate a school is by knowing what's actually going on there. But test scores are not disaggregated by family background (except for at-risk), and in DC almost all white kids are in families with well-educated parents. There are many families of other races with well-educated parents, but overall those groups are more diverse. So if you only have test scores, a simple way to see how kids from families with well-educated parents are doing is to look at the white kids. |