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My child was choosing between Einstein and CAP and the clincher for our family was that Einstein would not offer differentiated English or social studies until 11th grade. Previously, they offered a pre IB English and social studies option, but they were forced to drop that by the county. So, even kids who want to do the IB diploma at Einstein couldn't take any differentiated classes until junior year.

For a kid who is strong in the Humanities, another two years of English in a totally non-differentiated classroom felt like a punishment.[/quote]

Thanks, PP. To clarify for other posters, Einstein does now offer APNSL (and APCompSci) to 9th graders and APUSH to 10th, which is what DC would take there. But English differentiation would happen in-class the way it does now in MS. (I think that's the case for all HS?) I believe Blair still doesn't allow APs in 9th, even in CAP.[/quote]

Is that new? They did last year for History, but not if you are in the CAP program, and also for Physics. There are no English APs that we know of until 11th and 12th.[/quote]

I think PP is misinformed. Blair allows Freshmen to take AP Physics (but counsels against it), and any child not in Humanities US History can choose to take APUSH.

As for English, I think the point was that only CAP, RMIB, and the regional IB programs are offering English in a differentiated format. Everyone else is getting "honors for all" the way they did in middle school, which is torture for kids who are ready to, and want to, really dig into literature and discussion. [/quote]

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