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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The academics just aren't better across the board at BASIS than Walls and Banneker. [b] For STEM yes, not for humanities[/b].  It's rare for BASIS students to take advantage of dual enrollment options at GW.  Not uncommon at Walls, particularly for foreign language.  As has been pointed out, Banneker has better/more experienced humanities teachers in the upper echelons.  Few BASIS teachers have taught there for more than about 5 years and the better ones have a way of running of to DCPS and suburban school systems in search of better pay and working conditions.  BASIS burns them out.[/quote]

I dunno - 9th grade English at Walls consists of tons of grammar (things BASIS kids did in grades 5-7) and zero reading/writing of any substance - just lots of "annotating."  Not very impressive or challenging.[/quote]

Overall, the Walls AP humanities teachers are much better than the 9th and 10th grade teachers, old hands. The BASIS AP humanities teachers are mostly young, long on enthusiasm, short on experience and knowledge of the AP curriculum. Unlike Walls and Banneker, BASIS struck me as nervous about encouraging kids/families to think for themselves.  If they did, they might not suck up all the accelerated math and science, demand languages before 8th, reject all the rote learning and constant testing, ponder why most peers bail for other schools by 9th grade. They might even, gasp, rebel and plan gap years, depriving BASIS of the bragging rights to their college merit aid.[/quote]

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