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[quote=Anonymous]Our experience with 2 99+ kids in two Top 3 DC privates is that not all teachers can differentiate, and that the 80-95% child is the sweet spot. Some of the more gifted kids channel their energy into music, sport, drama (or all of them). The schools are great in English/writing/History, and those teachers have tended to differentiate better (or it's easier). Science and math have often been problematic. Everyone knows who is fast or slow in math, but the schools don't want to let the kids advance, or progress at different rates. The slowest classes are tiny, so no one falls too far behind without getting extra support. But that means the faster classes are big, so they dip further into the pool, so they have to slow down. And it drives my kids (and me) crazy: why are they being deprived of appropriate instruction? Why isn't there a "travel science" or "travel math" option?[/quote]
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