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[quote=Anonymous]It's not PC to say this (I'd get clobbered on the DCPS/Charter board), but I'd be really surprised if you will find the teaching quality and challenge you're probably looking for in any DCPS or DC Charter school after around 7th grade.

I think of a relative who was the headmaster of of private HS in NW for years.  He told me that parents coming out of DCPS middle schools (mainly Deal) were invariably shocked and angry when informed that their children, after taking a placement test, would need to attend an intensive summer school program before enrolling.  This was so they wouldn't end up behind in writing and math from the get go.  Something like 80% of the DCPS parents were told this, even if their kids were very bright and motivated, vs. about 10% of the MoCo parents and DC private school parents.

Think about it, on average, DC charter teachers are paid, on average, around 2/3 what DCPS teachers are paid, and DCPS teachers are paid, on average around 3/4 of what MoCo teachers are paid.  So who do the DC schools hire to teach?  The most experienced and effective Metro area teachers?  Also, there is almost no tracking at the middle school level anywhere in DCPS or DC Charter, and no test-in magnet programs, despite the enormous high-SES/low-SES achievement gap.

How a really bright, well prepped and disciplined kid would be pushed or challenged through middle and high school in this equation is hard to fathom.  Chances are very good that they wouldn't be after a point, because of the classroom emphasis on preparing low-SES kids to score proficient on the DC-CAS (given from 3rd to 8th and for 10th).  All this will change in course of the next decade?  Right.

Parents eager to stay in the city who can't afford privates rarely want to deal with the reality that they're mired in relativism.  Hardly hardly the end of the world not to face the truth, but avoiding doing so may not work for you in the long-run.

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