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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child learned actual content, not just reading strategies over and over and over again. He had social studies all year long as well as science. They didn't alternate like in public school. In science, they had to write up labs and then actually did them. He was taught actual grammar and received a grade for it. He was taught vocabulary and spelling finally counted in his writing. He was taught how to write and then his writing was critiqued and he was able to make changes to it before it was due. His teacher did this through writing conferences with each student and comments on Google classroom. He took a foreign language and it was a regular class. There was none of this ridiculous redoing of assignments and tests. A test or quiz was given and the date was known in advance. If you didn't study and did poorly, oh well. Do better next time. He teachers expected a lot more from him. He got straight As in public school and a year and a half later, still gets mostly Bs and Cs and I'm happy about it. Public school parents who think their child is doing well live in Fantasyland. Oh and he was in the highest group in math in public school (and got straight As) and he scored in the 70% percentile in basic math skills when he started private school. A tutor and myself are now catching him up on basic math since the Common Core crap math he learned is useless. Oh and the grading scale is harder.[/quote]

Very similar experience. I was shocked. Hi 
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Us too although my child did score 90’s in math because at the time her public did accelerate. But her grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension was abysmal.  She scored 10% on vocabulary. This was a straight A highest reading and spelling groups. Eye opening. Her first few papers were ripped to pieces. More teacher writing than her actual writing. So much feedback. Her public school papers had a grade and maybe 1-3 Mark-ups. No commentating either. It isn’t that the teachers are bad, but they just don’t have the time with 30 kids in 4-5 classes. [/quote]

This is exactly how I feel about public school.  My child attended Langley HS which is the 3rd best HS school in the state of VA behind TJ and Mclean.  TJ is a much harder school but that is a discussion for another day.  He was getting A's but at the end of the freshman year, it was an eye opening for me.  His reading, writing and grammar was horrible.  I am so glad that his mother saw this and put him into private school.  It is costing us 43k/year and he is also getting B's and C's but I am very happy that he is actually learning something.  He is also working with a tutor everyday and grading at private school is definitely much harder.

I can't blame teachers at public schools because they just don't have time with 30+ kids.

I definitely take private school over public school anytime, [/quote]

How did your child get into private school with such poor exam results?[/quote]

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