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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems to me there are some persistent trollers here, no doubt directly invested in some other part of the system who are intimidated by the fact that finally schools like Basis will finally be meeting the unmet needs of DC students who have college potential.

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Exactly!
I am not interested in sending my child to any Ivy but I want him to be educated. I grew up overseas and went to various schools in several countries. I had good  teachers and not so good teachers. However the emphasis was always on teaching and learning. There was transparency in what was expected from students. There was transparency in what the lesson the teacher was presenting.

Every time I try to know what is being done in my child's classroom, I get a very vague answer. Every time I ask the teachers for some thing specific, it's some general long range plan I hear about. Homework is quite scant. And then, there are so many of  these fancy graphic organizers to fill out and cut and paste activities and so on. Everything seems to be subjective. I don't understand why upper elementary has to have such little content.
No wonder many children are learning next to nothing in school.
BASIS seems to have a clear objective -- educate kids and set high expectations. Any kid without too many learning disabilities should be able to make it, if enough time is spent studying to master the material. Is that so bad?[/quote]

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