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[quote=Anonymous]I attended the Appletree Lincoln Park open house today. I was impressed by the tour but quickly saw that the school was not for us. Although they certainly have their act together and seem to know exactly what they're doing, the kill and drill philosophy was not what we want. When we went into a classroom, one teacher was showing flash cards to a child sitting her herself and the kid had to say the word of the object. Then, the kids had to read word cards. In another class, a teacher wrote on a white board "cat" "dog" etc and the kid had to read the word. One kid had his head in his hand and had a look of "do I have to do this?" The results (reading) are impressive, but again not what we're looking for. This would however work for some families. If you're looking for an academic, teacher-led curriculum, I don't think you can do better than Appletree.[/quote]
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