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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here - just wanted to add that the reason we did not take the spot at Oyster is because we have heard from friends that Oyster is not a very challenging school for kids who are already Spanish speaking. They have said that the classes in Spanish are dumbed down so that the kids who  don't speak Spanish can understand them - and therefore  if you already speak the language,you won't learn much in that half of the curriculum.  I'm not sure if this is true or not - but if so, the administration does need to be rigorous about trying to bring up or keep up the level of Spanish spoken at the school (or else Spanish dominant kids won't always want to attend).
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Where did you go instead?  [/quote]

LAMB. We liked the individual and differentiated approach to learning inherent in the Montessori method. [/quote]

Weirdly enough we were in the same boat. The difference was that I visited the school and was not impressed at all.  Seems like a great place for some, but the place didn't work for my kid.  It worked out because we ended up selling our house (we were inbounds) and sent our kids to LAMB which is a better fit for our kids. I did also hear the same story about the "dumbed down spanish curriculum", but that was from a former neighbor who put her kids in a private school.[/quote]

As I said before, sounds like a great school, just not for us.

There is a super long wait-list, so I wouldn't worry what my crazy former neighbor thinks.

OK, here's some data that seems to debunk that "dumbed down curriculum" idea. Remember that math is taught in Spanish at O-A.

Results from the 2013-14 DC CAS Math scores, among white students to better compare apples with apples:

- Deal:  74% are Proficient
- Oyster- Adams: 76% are Proficient

So, not only is math instruction IN SPANISH pretty good...but results seem even better than Deal's...when tested in ENGLISH.

I didn't find comparable data for LAMB in the DCPS website.[/quote][/quote]

The LAMB data is available via the DCPCSB website. http://www.dcpcsb.org/ninth-year-row-charter-school-dc-cas-scores-exceed-state-average

For 2013-14

Math 73.2% Proficient

At LAMB math is taught in both languages. [/quote]

Math is only taught in Spanish at Oyster, yet they had the highest scores.  I guess that helps to shed the light on the lie that the Spanish curriculum is "dumbed down."[/quote]

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