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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wilson is much better than DCI high school. They’d already have had 8-11 years of immersion, no need to prioritize immersion in high school over academics.[/quote]

Are you serious? Immersion (partial) must be prioritized in HS or kids are denied the higher level lit courses. Never mind the fact that DCI is an IB World School and Jackson Reed (it's not Wilson anymore) is....well, not much. [/quote]

Sure, IB for all. I’d rather have real AP than mediocre IB light. Go on the MCPS forum. If you’re not working your butt off at IB, it’s not being done right. [/quote]

You don’t seem to know much about DCI.  The IB diploma track is basically a school within a school similar to MCPS.  But we are talking DC here and compared to AP for all at JR where you have 30 plus kids in a class with no academic qualifying standards, the IB diploma is the better option for the top students.[/quote]

No, but I did IB many moons ago and I have never heard of any kid at DCI working the amount you need to do well in a rigorous IB program. If there are a handful of self motivated kids that put that work in to go above and beyond the school expectations, that’s great for them but not sufficient for my family. AP scores at JR show that kids are learning the material well, even if the classes are bigger than ideal. I’d rather that than watered down expectations and underperformance for most.[/quote]

This is hilarious.  So you are basing your claims on what you did 20 years ago, you don’t have a kid at DCI, and you claim to know so so many kids at DCI and how hard they are working.

Sorry to tell you but no the AP scores at JR are not good when over 45% of the kids are getting 2 or lower this past spring and the overwhelming rest of the kids are getting 3’s.  The few that are getting 5’s are doing exactly what you say above and that is supplementing and studying extra outside of AP classes.  It’s obvious when you have AP for all and almost 1/2 the kids are not even getting a minimum score of 3 that it’s not being taught at an advance enough level.

You can make any claim you want on an anonymous board but data doesn’t lie.  [/quote]

I know kids at DCI, MCPS IB programs, WIS, and JR. The bottom line is that if you have a very top, self-motivated child, you should do your best to get them out of the DC public school system. There is just so much more rigor in the suburbs and private schools. It is what it is. But if you’re happy with the level of rigor at DCI or JR for your children, then that’s just fine too. Not all kids need or should be put in such competitive environments. It worked well for me 25 years ago, but I also saw peers burn out and be fried by the time they made it to college. “Good enough” is probably enough for most kids, but it is a shame that it’s all there is for all kids in the DC public school system. And it does a disservice to try to argue that DCI is anything more than good enough, when it doesn’t take much to see that there are so many better options available if you can pay for it or move.[/quote]

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