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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid went to Eastern.  Four years ago and it was a wonderful program, especially the integration of English and social studies.  I don't understand why the county doesn't do this all Middle Schools.  At middle school age, kids need to get out of the classroom, and learn about the real world. I also liked that Eastern teaches how to write a research paper in grade 7, and how to do research at a the Library of Congress.  They also have the kids use and study in the UMCP library and in NYC.  My kid became a great researcher during middle school.The only problems were that the math education was not very good and the magnet students were not very diverse. Maybe this has changed?  Although my kid got As in math, when she went to private high school, she had to repeat classes because her math education was superficial and lacked rigor.  For this reason, and because we wanted more AA kids in the class, we decided to do private middle school for number 2.[/quote]

The math education is the same as other middle schools, but my child's 6th grade math and science teachers were horrible. I'm not making that statement lightly. She loved her magnet classes, but we are really hoping for better math and science teachers this year.

As for diversity, eastern is much more diverse than the takoma magnet. I have a child who attends that program and the difference in diversity is significant.

Was the math education at the Eastern Magnet different from what your child would have received at her home middle school? I'm trying to figure out if the problem is Eastern-specific or systemic to MoCo middle schools.  [/quote][/quote]

My child is going into 7th and also had horrible math and science teachers last year (maybe the same ones as PP's child).  I have heard that the Algebra teachers for next year are much better.  I don't know about science.  [/quote]

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