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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What type of gaps are you talking about?[/quote]

[b]Classes at the progressive schools are sometimes (or mostly) child-led. [/b]While children can get deep into topics they are interested about, this method can leave gaps in the curriculum where some areas are untouched. Time and coverage of each topic is not as structured as in traditional schools, where the teacher leads the class and time-spent / depth of learning is determined by the curriculum/teacher.[/quote]

Serious question; I'm not being snarky.

Why would anyone choose this for a child? I cannot imagine anyone thinking this is a good idea, for any type of learner.

Please enlighten me.[/quote]

Not OP, nor someone who chose this route but I think I've seen it explained.  It's partly about getting the child interested and invested in school and learning.  The kid who wants to learn about dinosaurs at that age might be given opportunities to practice reading using dinosaur-based books, learn science or history or art with dinosaurs in the focus.  I'm sure math would fit in there somewhere as well.

The problem IMO is that you need a teacher to provide the structure for that child-led interest.  Sooner or later the child needs to learn to read so what's the plan if they don't want to read or write stories. I think it could work for certain kinds of kids with trained educators but it sounds like OP's child isn't getting that.

OP, K-8 Catholics might give you what you're looking for but it's a Catholic school so you have to decide if that works for your family. Structure is definitely a strength.
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