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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please search this board if you have energy to do so as it has been discussed. If you feel comfortable to mention name of school, someone may be able to provide more details on what the enrichment entails. In our experience, not much: was placed in a small group with other students in a class that had 5 different reading groups. Those students in our kid's group also were probably placed in the CES lottery but not accepted. While teacher met with the reading group(s) needing assistance, the "enriched" group met and can't remember if read silently or aloud. The teacher met with the "enriched" group several times but at the moment blanking on how often. Writing based on readings and some research on various social studies or science topics (e.g. natural disasters). You should just plan to enrich at home as your kid needs, and as you probably have anyways if your kid was placed in a lottery. [/quote]
+1 whether your experience with ELC is a good one largely depends on the quality of the teacher. Ours is a huge disappointment. Very unhelpful and talks at people. Once again with mcps it’s a DIY situation.[/quote]
Forgot to add that the curriculum is underwhelming: the same worksheets, she does not correct basic grammar or spelling, not to mention giving substantive critique. She relies on students to give each other feedback. [/quote]

That’s a teacher issue, not a curriculum issue.

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No, actually.  We talked to our ES kid’s teacher and she specifically said they are instructed to not correct grammar and spelling.

And peer review is something that is also done system-wide.[/quote]

Peer review continues in middle school and high. While some teachers are thorough in providing feedback, most not so; they have 150+ students. [/quote]

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