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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been an interesting thread to follow, and a few thoughts have come to mind as I have read posts over the past few days. First, it is unfortunate that there is not consistent instruction/curriculum between schools - even within the same parts of the city. How much of that can be attributed to teacher experience, school leadership, or number of kids in the higher grades, I am not sure. My child will be finishing 5th grade at Payne this year, and has been writing essays, doing novel studies and having involved writing assignments on an almost daily basis since fourth grade. From this thread and others on DCUM it sounds like other schools are just sending home worksheets, which is frustrating.

For those people reading this thread who are still learning and exploring, I think it is valuable to shed light on the fact that schools in DC and families' experiences in schools in DC are a lot more nuanced than this forum would make it seem. We will be at Eliot Hine next year, along with most of my child's classmates. I know many families who are already at that school and their kids are having positive experiences both in the classroom and in the debate club, theatre productions, TV/Radio station, sports, etc. I think many schools that are 'off the DCUM radar' have students and families with similar positive experiences.

Lastly, as we talk about differentiation, advanced classes, etc - I think it is important to make sure kids are challenged, but also to think about how to make sure advanced classes are implemented .Good book I read years ago that I have been thinking about this week on this topic - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22104174-despite-the-best-intentions[/quote]

What was the behavior like in the 5th grade classrooms? One of the reasons we are thinking of avoiding EH when our time comes is because the behavior in our school’s 5th grade classroom is alarming.[/quote]

Without being in the classroom I can't speak with great detail about behavior, and I guess it is a good sign that I don't hear or see any behaviors of concern when I am at the school or on field trips. Based on what I observe and what I hear from my child, there aren't any serious concerns. The things I hear about seem pretty normal, such as somebody being off task, loud at lunch, or recess woes. [/quote]

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