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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids attend/attended a progressive k-8. What has struck me is that year after year, kids from the k-8 have risen to the top of their high schools. Not every kid, of course. But frequently and regularly, which to me speaks to the progressive model. Otherwise, the k8 had a freakish amount of bright kids. They have become valedictorians (where measures), presidential scholars, etc. And this is from a small school. And their high schools range from progressive to traditional to public magnet.

But I agree. It doesn’t work for everyone, but I also argue that it can be an effective and successful model.[/quote]
Maybe because bright kids do well in any number of settings. When kids aren't doing well, their parents often pull them out. The kids who stay through 8th are often very bright. It's them plus the kids who can't cope in a traditional setting and the kids who can't get in anywhere else.[/quote]

Or maybe because progressive education works? The paragraph above suggests that progressive education doesn't work and the kids who succeeded are only those who are naturally bright. [/quote]

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