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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So is everyone just going to give up any hope of attending Walls, Banneker, McKinley Tech, if their kids have terrible PARCC scores?  Or does "Truth" have a plan to improve test scores?[/quote]

Montessori schools are traditionally designed for hands on learning, applied, learn to think, experiences. They are kind of the anti fill in the bubble memorize information testing.
I imagine the hands on self paced learning middle will work really well for kids that are below grade level [b]if they have enough staff. [/b]That strikes me as the issue really. It would take a lot of time, class room management and extra staff to help older kids/teens adjust and learn how to function well in a Montessori environment. After all it was designed for preschool kid how are generally wired to be curious and learn. Teen are not necessarily wired that way, especially after years of miss matched or negative learning experiences. [/quote]

Almost any school model will work with enough WELL-TRAINED staff.  But it's too expensive.  One of the reasons that the NW schools are good is that a large number of their students don't need extra help so they are able to focus their additional staff on those who do. Whether this school will have enough staff depends on the demographics of who enrolls.  If a lot of needy kids enroll then, no, they won't have enough staff to serve them. [/quote]

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