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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is absolutely wild to my aged, gray-haired self how the mighty TR, MV, and CMI have fallen from their former glory. I really don't know what happened. People seem more or less mostly satisfied-ish at ITDS and LAMB, so it's not a systemic explanation.[/quote]

1. School starts off as hidden gem for in the know parents.
2. In the know parents tend to have smart kids, parents are engaged, kids do well
3. Knowledge of schools quality diffuses out, school becomes more sought after by broader mix of people.
4. Broader mix of people necessarily includes lower quality parents. Lottery insures their kids get in. Sibling preference means this process starts slow then speeds up.
5. School regresses as kid and family quality declines

Step 6, which to my knowledge hasn’t happened yet here, is school recovers as people leave for greener pastures and a new core of engaged parents who missed out on other schools comes in. [/quote]

I don’t think this is is. There are plenty of schools with lots of at risk kids that provide solid academics especially in ECE. I believe TR still uses “whole language” instead of phonics (someone correct me if I’m wrong). If a school doesn’t have a coherent curriculum it will fail. CMI started to fail pre-pandemic when its PARCC scores were abysmal. ITDS has always been stronger because it’s model was always about teaching (imagine that!). At the end of the day schools are about academics and fluff like “expeditionary learning” cannot compensate for kids jot learning the basics.

TR also handled the pandemic very badly - I believe they still had masking and quarantines well after all the other schools stopped. And if they didn’t attempt to catch up academically then the results are inevitable. [/quote]

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