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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am actually quite bothered by 14:51.  I am also an educator (university level), and from my perspective, academic success is not solely a function of the academic knowledge pushed into the child's head before college.  Content is easy to acquire, if the student has the right learning habits.  Langley is a K-8 school that teaches young children good learning habits.  The really rigorous content doesn't come until high school.  If the child is smart and has good learning habits (including a love for learning which Langley does a great job building), they will absorb the HS content like a sponge.  Granted, I may be a bit biased as a Langley parent myself... but I am also an educator that has seen a lot of students who can repeat content when asked, but don't really understand it.[/quote

Thank you for posting this. DCUM is full of folks who think their kid will not be able to compete in High School or get into a top college unless he/she takes a very accelerated curriculum in elementary and middle school They also claim their child is bored at grade level.  But great teachers at the elementary level can keep things interesting by broadening the curricula and going into depth rather than racing forward, if they are allowed to do so. I think the majority of DCUMers  are worried about the wrong thing. The focus should be on quality not speed.

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