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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]those of you who are expecting small group differentiation, are you super new to DCPS?  We are now in 4th grade at Title 1.  All of kids teachers tell me kid is top of the glass, scores 5s on PARCC, reading  and math way above grade level.  They all agree there are new ways they can challenge her. but NONE of it ever happens. They are drowning trying to get the other kids who may be 1 or 2 grade levels BELOW, up to speed and ready for PARCC testing coming up again in May.  My kid does need more help with organization, writing and accountability. The teachers do not care if homework is turned in (we do, beleive me we expect accountability) but there are no real repurcussions for not getting assignments done. the excuse is that too many kids have "barriers to participation" at home. That may be true but that means no one is preparing these kids for actual real workloads, homework and responsibility and consequences.[/quote]

This.

OP is asking about upper elementary, not lower with K or 1st. from many of the responses.

It’s a totally different game in upper especially if you are at a title 1 or poorly performing school.

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We have plenty of friends in MCPS and FCPS as well. The truth is that elementary school sucks at challenging kids above grade level everywhere, until you can start CES or AAP programs in upper grades. If you’re gen ed, it’s the same in DC or the suburbs. It’s obviously easy to be DC focused when you’re in DC, but the grass really isn’t that much greener. If your kid is more than a full grade level ahead, you’re either relaxing or supplementing, regardless of where you are. That’s personally why we chose immersion and do piano outside of school, because the immersion provides an ongoing challenge independent of your cohort and specific teacher in the absence of actual gifted programs. [/quote]

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