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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are obviously two very different options - one a free public school, the other an expensive private.

My child went to Hardy and thrived -so I would say Hardy.

Another thing to keep in mind - once you go private, you probably are not going back to public (I know that in theory you could, but realistically, nobody does).  But you can start at Hardy and if you are unhappy, move to Burke or elsewhere for private mid-year or in 7th grade.  Or you can go private for high school, which a good number of Hardy families do.

So given all that, why not start at Hardy?[/quote]

Can you say more about the academics at Hardy?[/quote]

Hardy has three tiers of acceleration in math. All sixth graders take "accelerated" 6th grade math.  The top 20% of that class can take algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th. (My kid is on this track and had a solid experience in algebra, despite a mid year teacher change.)  The kids who don't do algebra can do accelerated 7th grade math, and then algebra in 8th, or else regular 7th grade math followed by regular 8th grade math.  This year, for the first time, they're offering a physics elective for 8th graders who took algebra last year. (I assume this is with an eye toward these kids getting through Physics C level AP coursework in high school, which requires more than one year of physics.)

TL; DR, if your kid likes math and quant-y STEM, Hardy has good menu options.

Our family also appreciates that Hardy offers a fairly obscure language (Italian) with one of the best foreign language teachers in all of DCPS.  Orchestra and band are great; other performing arts rather less so.
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