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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m curious if/how BASIS (as a national network since it’s not decided in DC) justifies its curriculum decisions?  It’s fine that they don’t prioritize foreign language just as it’s fine schools that privatize foreign language don’t priority math and science like BASIS does.  Families know that when they make their choice to attend BASIS.  But I’m curious how they defend their math curriculum decisions since that clearly is a subject that they do prioritize.  And I’m curious about the “why” behind the foreign language set up.  I think families would be more okay with the network’s decisions if they were better explained (or explained at all).

Maybe BASIS thinks linguistics helps students ultimately do better on the verbal section of the SAT?  [b]Maybe they think dividing up AB and BC calculus ensures more kids score higher on the AB part (which which reflects better on the school) [/b]or maybe it’s because they don’t know if enough students in the grade could handle calculus ABC all at once to make it worth having a class or a teacher qualified to handle that combined calculus class.  I know the school doesn’t necessarily have to justify its decisions but having that insight could help people appreciate the decision or better appreciate what they are trading off.  Has anyone ever had meaningful discussion about this with the BASIS powers that be?[/quote]

The bolded is the reason.[/quote]

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