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[quote=Anonymous]We just switched from AAP to a mid-range private school at the bottom of your price range. My answer is it depends on the kid, the exact set of teachers, and the principal.

For my oldest AAP was OK but not quite what they needed. The math was fine, but oldest is really good at math. It was just challenging enough not to be boring, but generally also not hard. The social studies and science were blah to non-existent. The thing that really didn't work was the language arts. The reading comprehension instruction DC got didn't work for them, and the writing instruction was nearly non-existent. DC learned some spelling at home from me and is a voracious reader, but it hasn't been enough. Socially DC was doing neither great nor terrible, with a small circle of friends every year.

For my middle DC the AAP education was just about perfect. That DC somehow managed teachers who handled language arts better. Math is a little more challenging for middle DC, but instruction was good enough that DC was progressing steadily. Science and social studies could have been better, but DC didn't mind. DC had a great group of friends.

For my youngest DC about to enter AAP (accepted but hadn't started) I was concerned. DC does the exact bare minimum expected. Math would have had high expectations, but again language arts might not have been great. I wanted DC to be held to high enough standards to bring out DC's potential.

We switch to private largely for the more rigorous language arts while keeping rigor in math and adding more hands-on science and in-depth history. We've barely started, but early indications are promising. What I'm not seeing that I would have hoped for is much better behaved classrooms than AAP. No one's throwing scissors or chairs like they did in my kids' classes sometimes, but they're still loud and chatty, which bugs one of my kids.[/quote]

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