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[quote=Anonymous]Have sent both kids to GDS as lifers. LMS is warm, teachers are excellent, and families are committed to seeing their children thrive. We have not had to deal with admin, so I have no idea if they are effective or not. Children loved school. My biggest complaint is that the teachers are far too easy on the kids, academically, and spend way too much time on the social justice issues instead of core math and reading. They are victims of progressive academic philosophies, even when studies later show that some of these approaches do not help kids to learn.  Teachers waited too long to admit that kids need phonics, for example, and did not push my kids to memorize times tables. (We ended up hiring tutors, like so, so many GDS families.) Also, and I hope the school is rethinking this, even 8th graders do not receive letter grades, so the transition to HS is rough. (Again, victims of their own progressive philosophy, rather than admitting what is in the best interest of the kids as students.)[/quote]

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