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How would you place top schools on a scale of most liberal to most conservative?
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Anonymous
| Or a scale of progressive to traditional teaching? Trying to get a feel for the culture of private schools around here. |
Anonymous
| It is not possible to make sweeping generalizations |
Anonymous
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For some of the more well-known schools, so not every school in the area, I'd say:
GDS Sidwell Maret Potomac NCS STA Holton Landon Georgetown Prep |
Anonymous
PP here, this is liberal --> conservative |
Anonymous
Wow. Good Job, PP. I think that is pretty accurate. I'd put the other Catholic schools (Visi, SR, Gonzaga, and StJ) at the conservative end with Prep and SSSAS at about the same place as Holton and you've pretty much covered it. |
Anonymous
I strongly disagree with the placement of Sidwell and Holton. I'd reorder it GDS Maret Holton Potomac Sidwell STA NCS Landon Georgetown Prep |
Anonymous
| Are you talking about the school or the parent population? |
Anonymous
OP asked about "teaching." |
Anonymous
| What a sad and nasty question to even ask! Must every single thing in life be politicized? It is this kind of thinking that has resulted in where the country now is. Sad! |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous]What a sad and nasty question to even ask! Must every single thing in life be politicized? It is this kind of thinking that has resulted in where the country now is. Sad![/quote]
Yes it is. We moved our dc from a liberal left leaning school because we could t take it anymore. Just teach my dc math and science and keep your political crap to yourselves. |
Anonymous
| If the teachers and administration were able to keep politics out of teaching, then I assume there would be no need for OP to post this question. However, there are definitely schools were someone with political leanings opposite of the majority might feel out of place. Thus, this is a valid question. |
Anonymous
Or it's in the mission of the school ... as a Friends school, Sidwell focuses inherently on social justice. GDS was founded as an integrated school during segregation. If you don't like the mission of the school, don't send your kids there. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a sad and nasty question to even ask! Must every single thing in life be politicized? It is this kind of thinking that has resulted in where the country now is. Sad![/quote]
Yes it is. We moved our dc from a liberal left leaning school because we could t take it anymore. Just teach my dc math and science and keep your political crap to yourselves. [/quote] What you call politics, some people call just being a decent person. I recently had someone tell me that discussing food insecurity was political. Like talking about the fact that there are people in the world who don't know where their next meal will come from is political. WTH? |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous]What a sad and nasty question to even ask! Must every single thing in life be politicized? It is this kind of thinking that has resulted in where the country now is. Sad![/quote]
If you read the OP carefully, it's not asking about politics at all. It's asking about progressive v. traditional teaching. I assume this is meant to get at things like how much memorization is expected, how much learning is inquiry-based and student-led, etc.. And that's a lot more important the the political leanings of the parents and/or faculty. |
Anonymous
| I would add in the Heights, Oakcrest on the conservative end. |