-1 Way too hard to catch kids up in the upper grades when DCPS is doing the exact opposite of BASIS: watering down the curriculum, solely focusing on closing the achievement gap, refusing to offer true honors classes, etc. |
A source for what? This concept? It was announced last night by the head of school on a BASIS town hall meeting attended by BASIS parents. -Not OP |
DCPS schools have to accept new kids all year. It's disingenuous to claim BASIS is so much better when it's shirking its share of the fundamental responsibilities of the school district. Oh but norming and forming, oh our special special BASIS model, which produces such amazing results and is way better than DCPS because BASIS is so great. Right? |
This is a very helpful comment that actually answered my question. OP listed an irrelevant link that made no sense. So it was not a public announcement, only an announcement to current BASIS parents. |
They refer to the grade expansion in their latest minutes:
https://bdcschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bdc-minutes-mar23-2023.pdf |
If DCPS had an accelerated or honors MS program, it also should not allow mid-year admissions. I don’t think Walls or Banneker do. You sound mad that Basis is achieving academically, or jealous. Maybe you should look to DCPS to ask why they are not offering what MS parents obviously want at Basis. |
You think schools where zero kids are on grade level adequately serve anyone? And you’re telling on yourself again in ignoring W7 and 8. The fact is, your grievance actually is with white families that have different values from you and select an academically rigorous school. |
what can we do to stop this from happening? as a parent of a student going to basis I love our elementary school for my younger child and want them to continue to go to their current elementary school, but follow their sibling to basis in fifth. |
What wards do you think "EOTR" meams? |
It is ranked low on PARCC in that analysis in part because of the demographic adjustments. For example, Banneker is ranked slightly below Basis on absolute test scores, but #1 nationally (vs Basis #8073) on an adjusted basis. From one perspective, that shows that Banneker is providing more value added (though it's complicated because it's an application school). But if the students are on a similar absolute level, that implies to me that the teachers can teach at a higher level, which is less important in ES but crucial in HS. |
Every one of the schools on that list is free. Every. Last. One. A placement test is not remotely the same as an admission test. I guess in addition to misunderstanding those concepts, you also don't know what "de facto" means. Let's look at how that started, shall we? Someone chimed in to say that BASIS doesn't actually operate good schools. The quote was, "Existing doesn't mean it's actually good". Their post referred to BASIS schools (PLURAL), meaning the multitude of schools operated by BASIS. I replied with the link to the objective rankings of other free BASIS schools. From there it was a the usual DCUM sh*t show where confused and condescending people introduce irrelevant issues (VA or NY BASIS schools, which aren't free or on the list). When they were called out for referencing schools that aren't charter or free, they replied to complain the non-free schools that they, not I, referenced, weren't free. Then came you. With blind ignorance about the fact that the schools on that list are not all free. They are. You are like the poster child for how fake news perpetuates. |
Holy smokes! Selfish much? |
What part of this do you not understand? DCUM believes that the only way to ensure equity is to make it so we focus on a small number of at risk kids. Sure, the result is your hard working black kid and her friends won't have access to quality or rigor, but you can't do performative equity if you care about actually educating black kids. |
So weird that there are all of these experts on DCUM who just "KNOW" that BASIS is in violation. Sure, PCSB hasn't made that determination, it remains in compliance and Tier 1. But don't let that fool you. DCUM people know in their hearts what's what. Anyone else think these people sound like MTG spouting what she "KNOWS" about Hunter Biden? The more I read DCUM, the more convinced I am that the overeducated UMC white savior complex crowd has much more in common with MAGA-world than they will ever permit themselves to acknowledge. |
This is the money phrase. It is in the end what the argument is about. People who complain about high standards don't understand the difference between affording more time, and deciding that the material is too hard. Not the same thing. |