Rank Order the Best 3-5 DC Public Charters

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Anonymous wrote:Of the non-immersion schools, the ones that get a lot of love here are:

Bridges: small classes, inclusion school

Capital City: one of the oldest charters in DC, founded by parents, nice new facility with greenspace

Creative Minds: started by Stanley Greenspan's foundation, alternative learning, "International Curriculum"

Haynes: probably the most high-profile charter in DC, and most diverse, offers a year-round curriculum

Inspired Teaching: demonstration school of the Center for Inspired Teaching

Two Rivers: also parent founded by Capitol Hill families, expeditionary learning/project oriented curriculum

Incorrect about Haynes, it's #8 http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/ also, why is "international curriculum" for CM in quotes?

My mistake. No harm intended - I honestly thought Haynes was the most diverse, but if it's only number 8 out of 90-something then so be it.

And "International Curriculum" is in quotes because it's not widely known or well understood. Google it and aside from a link to IPC itself, the next links are all for the very well known International Baccalaureate organization, which has nothing to do with IPC, though it sounds suspiciously and confusingly similar. It seems to be as much an accreditation (like North Central or Middle States) than an organization like IBO. Other than a fancy-sounding name, what proven benefits does it offer? If you can educate us, please do. I'd be interested.

Your mistake is that you misidentified CM's curriculum as "International Curriculum" when they actually use the "International Primary Curriculum" or IPC Anyone who googles the term correctly and in quotes will find all the info about it they could care to know. I really don't think it's appropriate to use terms like "suspiciously and confusingly similar" and "fancy-sounding name," thereby insinuating that there's something illegitimate going on when you , by your admission, know nothing absolutely nothing about it.

Don't even try. This poster is the one who attacks everything CM related.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the non-immersion schools, the ones that get a lot of love here are:

Bridges: small classes, inclusion school

Capital City: one of the oldest charters in DC, founded by parents, nice new facility with greenspace

Creative Minds: started by Stanley Greenspan's foundation, alternative learning, "International Curriculum"

Haynes: probably the most high-profile charter in DC, and most diverse, offers a year-round curriculum

Inspired Teaching: demonstration school of the Center for Inspired Teaching

Two Rivers: also parent founded by Capitol Hill families, expeditionary learning/project oriented curriculum

Incorrect about Haynes, it's #8 http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/ also, why is "international curriculum" for CM in quotes?

My mistake. No harm intended - I honestly thought Haynes was the most diverse, but if it's only number 8 out of 90-something then so be it.

And "International Curriculum" is in quotes because it's not widely known or well understood. Google it and aside from a link to IPC itself, the next links are all for the very well known International Baccalaureate organization, which has nothing to do with IPC, though it sounds suspiciously and confusingly similar. It seems to be as much an accreditation (like North Central or Middle States) than an organization like IBO. Other than a fancy-sounding name, what proven benefits does it offer? If you can educate us, please do. I'd be interested.

Your mistake is that you misidentified CM's curriculum as "International Curriculum" when they actually use the "International Primary Curriculum" or IPC Anyone who googles the term correctly and in quotes will find all the info about it they could care to know. I really don't think it's appropriate to use terms like "suspiciously and confusingly similar" and "fancy-sounding name," thereby insinuating that there's something illegitimate going on when you , by your admission, know nothing absolutely nothing about it.

Don't even try. This poster is the one who attacks everything CM related.

I'm not that PP and I've posted a few things critical of Creative Minds on DCUM before, so don't make the mistake of thinking everything negative or questioning about CM is always by the same one poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the non-immersion schools, the ones that get a lot of love here are:

Bridges: small classes, inclusion school

Capital City: one of the oldest charters in DC, founded by parents, nice new facility with greenspace

Creative Minds: started by Stanley Greenspan's foundation, alternative learning, "International Curriculum"

Haynes: probably the most high-profile charter in DC, and most diverse, offers a year-round curriculum

Inspired Teaching: demonstration school of the Center for Inspired Teaching

Two Rivers: also parent founded by Capitol Hill families, expeditionary learning/project oriented curriculum

Incorrect about Haynes, it's #8 http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19691/dcs-most-diverse-charter-schools/ also, why is "international curriculum" for CM in quotes?

My mistake. No harm intended - I honestly thought Haynes was the most diverse, but if it's only number 8 out of 90-something then so be it.

And "International Curriculum" is in quotes because it's not widely known or well understood. Google it and aside from a link to IPC itself, the next links are all for the very well known International Baccalaureate organization, which has nothing to do with IPC, though it sounds suspiciously and confusingly similar. It seems to be as much an accreditation (like North Central or Middle States) than an organization like IBO. Other than a fancy-sounding name, what proven benefits does it offer? If you can educate us, please do. I'd be interested.

Your mistake is that you misidentified CM's curriculum as "International Curriculum" when they actually use the "International Primary Curriculum" or IPC Anyone who googles the term correctly and in quotes will find all the info about it they could care to know. I really don't think it's appropriate to use terms like "suspiciously and confusingly similar" and "fancy-sounding name," thereby insinuating that there's something illegitimate going on when you , by your admission, know nothing absolutely nothing about it.

Don't even try. This poster is the one who attacks everything CM related.

I'm not that PP and I've posted a few things critical of Creative Minds on DCUM before, so don't make the mistake of thinking everything negative or questioning about CM is always by the same one poster.

Does your child attend CM? Are you involved in any way? What is your basis for critical postings?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that right now advice is to apply to whatever schools might possibly be of interest and then see where you get in. However, I wonder what will happen if charter schools come up with a system similar to the DCPS one where most schools participate and you have to rank order preferences, limited to a certain # (which I assume would be above six because charters don't have boundaries from which to pull kids).

I think that would be in everyone's best interests - schools and parents. Let's hope it comes to pass.

This defeats the purpose of having charter options in the first place. School choice is not a popularity contest.

No, but it is supposed to create a sort of "market place" wherein parents choose the school(s) they prefer for their children, for whatever reason. Family A might want Stokes for the French Immersion, family B might want Haynes for the summer sessions, yet family C might want Two Rivers for proximity. Those are all examples of valid preferences. As it stands, they all have the same odds of getting into those schools. A is just as likely to get Two Rivers, B gets Stokes, and C gets Haynes. If they could swap with each other, as in a true marketplace, that would be great for everyone, but they can't. Ranking by preference is a step towards getting families into the schools they would really choose, if "school choice" functioned as advertised, instead of a default to "first pick among those to which we were accepted." Will some schools still have hundreds of names on the WL? Probably, but at least the ones who do get in will have really wanted it.