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[quote=Anonymous]    For the specific issue you describe and based on personal experience with one of my kids, I don't think Lowell is a good fit --at least as of about 5 years ago -- but I doubt it has changed much.   Progressive educators think they can help every child, but there is ideological resistance to some more direct teaching methods which may benefit children with executive function challenges.  My child who sounds like yours struggled with writing at Lowell.  For a school that purports to not want to overwhelm children with homework, it has historically had a blind eye in this area because it can take kids with these issues many more hours to complete writing assignments than other children and it can take quite a toll on the child and the family.  And since in lower grades there was not grading in the past, children who opted not to put in those long extra hours (and even parents) would not necessarily know the extent of the relative deficit for quite a while. There are many things we loved about Lowell and for the right fit child it is a great place, but based on your brief description above, I would suggest you look elsewhere.  [/quote]

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