Lowell vs concord hill

[Anonymous]

Anyone have any thoughts? We are equal distant. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Lowell.

[Anonymous]

Concord Hill

[Anonymous]

Totally different approaches. Progressive or traditional. Which do you favor?

[Anonymous]

I agree with the PP. Concord Hill is a VERY traditional school. We had a child that went there and it reminded me a lot of my catholic education (other than the religion of course) in the 80s. It wasn't the best approach for our DD, so we left. Given that I would choose Lowell, but it is a personal decision.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP that these are very different schools in terms of philosophy of education. Other big differences are diversity (Lowell has lots of racial and other types of diversity, Concord Hill not so much) and end point (CH ends much earlier).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the PP. Concord Hill is a VERY traditional school. We had a child that went there and it reminded me a lot of my catholic education (other than the religion of course) in the 80s. It wasn't the best approach for our DD, so we left. Given that I would choose Lowell, but it is a personal decision.

I have two children at Concord Hill, and this is surprising to me, since I don't think of it as very traditional. it is very nurturing and child-centric, IMO. yes, teachers are called "Mrs," but what do you mean by super-traditional? Genuinely curoius, since that hasn't been our experience.

[Anonymous]

Also surprised to hear Concord Hill described as traditional. We applied this year. The pre-k classes follow Reggio Emilia, which I would consider extremenly "progressive." Don't know anything about Lowell, but would not consider this the right term for the distinction PP is trying to describe.