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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, Burroughs was all about reading and math, math and reading. No language teacher, art, gym, etc, other "specials" were a half an hour a week. A week! The principals at both Brookland Bunker Hill and Burroughs were engaged, dedicated and willing to reach out to parents. Unfortunately, the parents group was totally turned off by the direction and the lack of focus on humanities at Burroughs. [/quote]

Serious question for parents at other schools that have "turned around" with more IB parent involvement -- was it different at Brent, Maury, Ross before IB parents started sending their kids there? Was it worksheets and math and reading? Or opportunities for hands-on learning? Did you (IB parents) demand that?

Question for Faye re Burroughs: just because specials are only a few hours a week doesn't mean that those are the only time you can learn about stuff other than math or reading, does it? The question is: How is the quality of teaching? Would it be different if a large group of middle class kids were going and 'requiring' more advanced work? [/quote]

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