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I'm the earlier poster and just went to the APS website myself.  Here's what it says about Jamestown's exemplary project:

Project Quest, our exemplary project, is a school-wide process to ensure continuous school improvement in teaching and learning. Teachers implement the Responsive Classroom Approach to address students’ social and emotional needs as they provide a demanding academic program differentiating instruction by addressing students’ multiple intelligences and integrating technology. Every classroom begins the day with a Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting. Grade level and vertical teams analyze student work and compile data that drives instructional programming.  
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Holy shit.  I thought this was a joke, but this statement is straight off the web site.  Is APS training students to work for Dunder Mifflin?  The reference to "driv[ing] instructional programming" alone sends shivers down my spine.

Time to start looking into privates, I think.  [/quote]

Your envy is showing, pp. [/quote]

There is nothing in Arlington that I envy.  I do prefer schools where teachers and administrators communicate in plain English.  APS fails that test.

Why can't they just state "Teachers meet every morning, review student progress, and discuss what works best for our students"?  They've probably attended one too many seminar at taxpayer expense where they are urged to become "thought leaders."  Yuck.

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Plain English is good, yes. But this is no different than any other educational bureaucracy. I mean, this from Fairfax, isn't even grammatically correct:

"Young Scholars is a K-8 initiative that is designed to increase the proportion of historically underrepresented students in gifted programs. School administrators, teachers, and Advanced Academic resource teachers work together to find and nurture gifted potential in young learners. Through flexible grouping, summer school, and after school programs, students are provided an educational setting that raises their personal expectations and prepares them for more challenging and rigorous."

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/ys.shtml[/quote]

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