Happy Acceptance Day! (Baltimore Area)

[Anonymous]

I have a DD at BMS and am friends with kids at Gilman, BMS, RPCS. All kids have yo take classes at the opposite sex school junior year. The girls from both schools report that the English and history classes at Gilman are much easier and that the boys are not great writers.
BMS no longer allows students to take AP Chen at Gilman, bc Gilman teacher uses the flipped classroom method rather than actually teach.

That said, Gilman has very strong college placement and boys and their parents seem generally happy with it. I would not hesitate to send a kid there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a DD at BMS and am friends with kids at Gilman, BMS, RPCS. All kids have yo take classes at the opposite sex school junior year. The girls from both schools report that the English and history classes at Gilman are much easier and that the boys are not great writers.
BMS no longer allows students to take AP Chen at Gilman, bc Gilman teacher uses the flipped classroom method rather than actually teach.

That said, Gilman has very strong college placement and boys and their parents seem generally happy with it. I would not hesitate to send a kid there.

What is the flipped classroom method?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a DD at BMS and am friends with kids at Gilman, BMS, RPCS. All kids have yo take classes at the opposite sex school junior year. The girls from both schools report that the English and history classes at Gilman are much easier and that the boys are not great writers.
BMS no longer allows students to take AP Chen at Gilman, bc Gilman teacher uses the flipped classroom method rather than actually teach.

That said, Gilman has very strong college placement and boys and their parents seem generally happy with it. I would not hesitate to send a kid there.

What is the flipped classroom method?

Not the PP, but a flipped classroom model usually means the kids read about the topic and/or watch instructional videos on their own at home, then classroom time is spent actively working on problem sets with the guidance of the teacher.

[Anonymous]

If you look at the thread about disappointment with big 3, people are complaining about flipped classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the thread about disappointment with big 3, people are complaining about flipped classroom.

PP are you saying that flipped classrooms=self taught curriculum? That was the impression I got from the DC Big 3 threads.

[Anonymous]

It seems that way, though I’m sure there’s some merit to it. All I know is that Bryn mawr will not allow its kids to take those classes at Gilman bc it was such a bad experience and they were not well prepared for the AP.

[Anonymous]

Do I have the only kid for whom the flipped classroom method works really well? Or am I just part of a silent majority who is content and therefore not complaining? The teachers seem to really put a lot of effort into designing classroom activities that require problem solving. Seems a good use of class time to me. Perhaps your milage varies based on particular teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do I have the only kid for whom the flipped classroom method works really well? Or am I just part of a silent majority who is content and therefore not complaining? The teachers seem to really put a lot of effort into designing classroom activities that require problem solving. Seems a good use of class time to me. Perhaps your milage varies based on particular teachers?

Not sure. We start in the fall. I didn't realize there was a name for it. Hoping it's not as extreme as it appears in the DC schools. Coming from public, we got the impression that there are so many supports that the rigor isn't all that unmanageable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do I have the only kid for whom the flipped classroom method works really well? Or am I just part of a silent majority who is content and therefore not complaining? The teachers seem to really put a lot of effort into designing classroom activities that require problem solving. Seems a good use of class time to me. Perhaps your milage varies based on particular teachers?

Not sure. We start in the fall. I didn't realize there was a name for it. Hoping it's not as extreme as it appears in the DC schools. Coming from public, we got the impression that there are so many supports that the rigor isn't all that unmanageable.

DD came from public as well. Found a definite increase in rigor and tougher grading, but workload is manageable once they get used to it. There is a mix of active lectures as well as in-class work. The day is well designed in so that they have some free periods in the afternoon to work on homework. How they use that time is up to them, however.