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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LAMB is neither AMI nor AMS certified, and has no plans to be.  In fact, some of the parents and admin I encountered have no idea what the difference is between the two and seemed confused when I asked quest .about this.  They use the term "Montessori" but loosely apply the principles.  If you are not a Montessori purist, this may not matter to you.  I visited LAMB and am not at all impressed.  IMO, if I am going Montessori, I would go all the way where there is evidence that the curriculum  is great and works--see Lee & Shining Stars (despite their drama) for ex.[/quote]LAMB parent here. LAMB is about as Montessori as a public charter can be. Once you're in you'll be put in the loop with how difficult the DC bureaucracy makes it for schools to function in accordance with their mission statement. It's false that charters are left to their own devices. There's lots of interfering oversight to "keep it accountable", which is a lot of hullaballoo. When the DC government decided to was time to start testing pre-Kers with standardized test, which is totally inappropriate according to every childhood ed. worth a damn, LAMB tried to fight it. It's anti-child and certainly anti-Montessori. In fact, the children had to be taught how to fill in bubble Scantrons because they'd never seen that before (a non-starter in Montessori). Alas, LAMB was forced to take away from precious education time and focus on this DC requirement. Nonetheless, they still manage to do a fantastic job. Their instructors go to Montessori training in Latin America during summer and they try to make improvements wherever they can (and the conundrum of DC politics will let them). Maybe it's Montessori-lite, but I'll take it. I'd pay $20G on average if it were private. Funny how "Montessori purist" can try to discredit a free bilingual program serving arguably the most diverse pop. in DC- racially and socio-economically. Shameful, really. Or maybe just ignorant. At any rate, it's Tier 1, bilingual, and so much more.[/quote]

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