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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprisingly different. My kids are at janney and my nieces and nephews are at Lafayette. Both great schools but different curriculums and programs and approaches. Go to own houses at both. [/quote]

Curious how the curriculum is different? Shouldn't they be the same?[/quote]

Nope.[/quote]

How are they learning different things? They are all teaching the CCSS. Maybe it just comes down to what teachers they have.
Either way, which one do you prefer?[/quote]

CC is a set of standards, not a curriculum. The curriculum is the way you get the kids to learn/meet the CC standards. DC PKs have many different methods: some are Montessori, some are Creative Curriculum, some  are Tools of the Mind, some are Reggio-inspired or Reggio (Murch and Mann), and so on. I don't know which these two schools use (we chose private Montessori through PreK), but they would likely address this at Open House.[/quote]

Lafayette is using Creative Curriculum in PreK (this year, at least) FWIW.  But OP is asking about K and beyond.  We looked at both schools and the class sizes at Lafayette are better,and least right now.  There are some pretty crowded grades at Janney, and w/o space to add an extra class, there was some overcrowding.[/quote]

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