any popular schools that you just aren't interested in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT - too loosey goosey. We did in-depth tours in 2012 and 2014. Thought it was kind of run down and didn't see much progress. Thought many of the classrooms were disorganized to filthy.

Lee - couldn't bring ourselves to do it. Too new. Not enough K children enrolled didn't earn our confidence.

Very happy at Lee but a new school is nerve wracking. There is a lackof experience in dealing with issues no matter how compentent the teachers and admins are - fortunately my chidl has had no issues besides a desperate hatrid of naptime that teh school can't yet address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT - too loosey goosey. We did in-depth tours in 2012 and 2014. Thought it was kind of run down and didn't see much progress. Thought many of the classrooms were disorganized to filthy.

Lee - couldn't bring ourselves to do it. Too new. Not enough K children enrolled didn't earn our confidence.

Very happy at Lee but a new school is nerve wracking. There is a lackof experience in dealing with issues no matter how compentent the teachers and admins are - fortunately my chidl has had no issues besides a desperate hatrid of naptime that teh school can't yet address.

sorry - I go to hit spellcheck (gmail habit) and hit submit instead

[Anonymous]

no montessori schools.

[Anonymous]

We are at a Montessori school this year, and while I love it for our family, it can be scary. The growth in my kid in just 5 weeks has been amazing. He is engaging and inquiring in ways he never did (and HELPING and slowing everything down, but that's another story). I can see how Montessori is intimidating for many, but I'm so glad we made the leap. The more I speak to colleagues and business contacts who were raised as Montessori kids, the better I feel about the learners and participants in life it produces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are at a Montessori school this year, and while I love it for our family, it can be scary. The growth in my kid in just 5 weeks has been amazing. He is engaging and inquiring in ways he never did (and HELPING and slowing everything down, but that's another story). I can see how Montessori is intimidating for many, but I'm so glad we made the leap. The more I speak to colleagues and business contacts who were raised as Montessori kids, the better I feel about the learners and participants in life it produces.

How does this answer OPs question?

[Anonymous]

Creative minds.

[Anonymous]

PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

[Anonymous]

Yu ying, DC prep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Creative minds.

+1

I couldn't find any peer reviewed literature or even just an academic discussion of their learning paradigm/model. Okay so they refer to Howard Gardner, but it's a big leap from there to the primary classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

[Anonymous]

Oyster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

I completely agree. Also the parents there seem cult-like, can't seem to acknowledge anyboroblems/challenges with the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - why not CM? Is it bc the teachers are young?

Young teachers. But more than that I did not like the head of school's answers to my questions about cultural competency.

This. And I felt like the very young teachers were enthusiastic but felt like the administration was cold and unengaged

The administration seemed surprised and cold when Spanish speaking parents came to the orientation. The parents were left to have their children translate for them. The school was in Columbia Heights so they should have been prepared for interpretation or made other accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are at a Montessori school this year, and while I love it for our family, it can be scary. The growth in my kid in just 5 weeks has been amazing. He is engaging and inquiring in ways he never did (and HELPING and slowing everything down, but that's another story). I can see how Montessori is intimidating for many, but I'm so glad we made the leap. The more I speak to colleagues and business contacts who were raised as Montessori kids, the better I feel about the learners and participants in life it produces.

How does this answer OPs question?

It doesn't at all. And who talks to colleagues about their preschool/elementary education?

No immersion for us.