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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dc prep seems to pride themselves on it, per my visits, but I don't have children there. The Montessori programs (charter and dcps) that i am familiar with do not teach to the test.[/quote] You're not familiar with Cap Hill Montessori then. The school offered "voluntary" Saturday test prep sessions this past school year, with the principal pledging to pay 3-figure bonuses to families of kids who made certain CAS "advanced" cut offs. I kid you not, ask around. [/quote] Although Montessori doesn't specifically "teach to the test," they also don't follow the children's interests like many of the more innovative charters (and DCPS) schools do. In Montessori, every child learns the same 100+ lessons over the course of a 3-4 year timespan. In more modern schools (Reggio, Tools of the Mind, etc), the teachers follow the interest of the children. [/quote]
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