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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was searching through the threads and found this fantastic article that describes the differences between traditional and progressive schools. If you haven't seen it already, here it is:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/10907.page#62059[/quote]

Interesting article but not entirely accurate.  I'm the PP whose kids went from traditional to progressive and as I wrote before, unlike what this author says, academics aren't that different.  At DC's progressive school there are departments, requirements and not a lot of independent study.  I also disagree that traditional schools are euro-centric, as this article states.  At the traditional school my kids studied literature and history from Asia/Africa/Latin America.  Perhaps the article was just dated.  I do agree that progressive schools are more concerned with students' emotional development.  To me thats the biggest difference.[/quote]

I don't have much experience in this realm, but when reading the article it made me think of some of the school tours I had done. Westminster seemed to fit the bill [i]exactly[/i] for a traditional school (see: http://www.westminsterschool.com/practice_areas/curriculum-objectives--seventh-grade.cfm). A lot of the other schools seemed to be a blend of progressive and traditional with Burgundy Farm being the most progressive of the ones we looked at. [/quote]

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