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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me the real question is-- "why not replicate ATS best practices?". As I understand it from friends who have kids there--they get weekly reports from the Kinder teacher on each student--not so at my DC's APS elementary. There is homework from kindergarten on at ATS--homework did not start until 3rd grade at my DC's school.

It makes no sense at all that APS does not identify best practices from the most popular APS school and replicate them in part or full at all other APS elementary schools. [b]Seems like a no brainer[/b]! [/quote]

Homework for kindergartners is not a best practice. Honestly, as a parent of older kids, [b]I can assure you that ATS kids do not have better outcomes in the long run than kids who attended their neighborhood schools. [/b]

But if you want to assign your own kid worksheets, require them to play an instrument, and tuck in their shirts, you can do all of that[/quote]

This is not because ATS doesn't do things better. This is because the standards and practices at all APS middle schools don't measure up.The rigor and discipline sharply declines from elementary to middle school.[/quote]

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