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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fine with universal screening, but using the cohort criteria really does exclude the brighter kids. [/quote]

But don’t they get the advanced classes at their home school? I thought they send the kids who are advanced but there’s not enough (20?) other advanced kids at their school, and where there are enough kids to form a class they keep them at their home school? I’d prefer my kid be at the home school, unless the magnet is close. [/quote]
No. If it was the exact same curriculum, then yes, but it's not the same curriculum, so no.. those one or two classes does not make a magnet program.[/quote]

It does give them a peer group.  [/quote]

Yes, it is only part of the curriculum. My child's teachers did note that the magnet classes are the exact same math and social studies classes at the magnets.[/quote]

Highly doubt it is exactly the same. -- mom of 2 kids who went through TPMS magnet[/quote]

It's not, not even close. I know this for a fact, since my DC's enriched/"magnet level" IM math class is using exactly the same worksheets the regular IM class used last year. Perhaps enrichment is coming, but I am very skeptical. Furthermore, the teacher did not mention any curricular distinctions at BTSN either. This is at a top-ranked MS. [/quote]

Interesting as my kid's DCC MS teacher at BTSN explained what was different in the enriched class vs regular IM, is using a textbook for instruction in addition to worksheets and already introduced enrichment math projects. I wonder if teachers have more discretion/autonomy in teaching this class?[/quote]

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