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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a US-born person of East European descent, and have lived and worked in Russia for years.  I think this charter could be great, if it integrated the best parts of Russian literary, artistic, and academic cultures.

The language piece is kind of secondary to high academic standards, and wanting your child to grow up highly literate.

I'm not sure who the target audience is, though, as there is already a Russian-language school run through the Russian Embassy.  [/quote]
Could you please share more info on this? I thought it only serves embassy kids and not open to the public.[/quote]

PP of the first post upthread here.  I've known non-Embassy kids to attend, but I think they had to really work at admission.  It's also, as another PP said, a very specific curriculum.

We didn't seek it for our kids because I'd heard the overall attitude was less than nurturing.  Which doesn't surprise me, having interacted with the Russian school system.  I wanted something a little less rigid for the early elementary years.  But you can't argue with success.  The Russian education system works - unless it burns you out.  [/quote]

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