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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For folks who choose public HS over private and say "I'll save the money and instead supplement the public HS", what types of things do you consider to supplement your child's educational experience?

This is for Jackson Reed but could be any local public.  [/quote]

Well first of all you have it backwards.

Most publics are better particularly in Math & Science. Any religious private is going to be lacking in those subjects compared to public.

Mine went from Private to public we had them tutored in math & science & the language they were taking as our private lacked in those areas. How did I know that? My other kids went to public for HS. So during the summer before freshman year, we knew what our kid needed.

Most publics have curriculum online not all privates do I would start there. And compare the two.

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My teen is in honors pre-calc in 10th grade at a top DC private and his/her best friend is in pre-calc at Jackson Reed and the private is teaching about 4 times the material---they will focus on a top for weeks and explore all sorts of problems at a deep level. 
JR runs through it in a day--they simply hit the most superficial highlights.  The exam problems are about 25% of the difficulty of those on the private school's exams  
The kids compare homework most weeks and all exams.

I have 2 other kids in DCPS and am not anti-DCPS but the JR math is pretty pathetic in this class.  I am sure other classes get better--i know kids are decently prepared for college.  [/quote]

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