Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Schools and Education General Discussion
Reply to "In a supposedly top rated district. Sit tight until 5th-6th grade?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]I don’t think any of us random DCUMers can answer for you. It’s subjective and depends on your very individual child and approach to parenting and education. For me, this school wouldn’t be cause for concern in the early grades except for the movies and behavioral issues (sadly not uncommon even in the best public schools). Have you asked to volunteer in the classroom so you can observe firsthand what is taking place and get to know the teacher better? Our K in MCPS required lots of worksheets and busy work and my kids were taught to read by sight words which sucked. But 2 of 3 teachers were really kind and my kids were happy. I’d rather have had them play and socialize in k and have less pressure in 1st and 2nd. One of mine later transfered to a progressive K-8 where I saw that kids need not be pushed in early years to excel later. He joined in MS but his classmates who were lifers are now at very competitive colleges. The pressure he experienced in the early grades of public school didn’t seem to provide an advantage. At the same time that I felt our public school put too much pressure on kids too early, we knew other parents who felt their kids were bored and unchallenged so began supplementing. Highly gifted magnets began in 4th and those parents seemed much more happy then. Maybe you can research gifted education in your district and learn more about the curriculum in later elementary grades. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics