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I have been going through my son's accordion folder regulary to see what is being taught in the classroom. I am really impressed by everything I have seen thus far. All three science teachers explain in logical, orderly and sequential mnner. There is nothing haphazardly put together at the last minute. The homework is a direct application of what has been taught in class. 
I really do not care if they have had prior teaching experience or not. And being a teacher myself, I truly think that worshops for assessment and curriculum planning are highly overrated. There are great resources  readily available for teachers. Instead of spending time on writing curiculum, let the teachers use the boooks/worksheets prepared by experts, and use their  precious time and energy on teaching.[/quote]

Yes workshops are overrated.  You either have the education and personality to teach well or you don't.  Experts?  I teach undergraduates and prepare my own lessons.  Who needs to avail pf worksheets prepared by experts to effectively teach middle school kids other than an instructor without the right stuff?

As for disruptive students, sure, Basis can call in parents and try this and that to reign such kids in, but the bottom line is that it can't get rid of them unless they're heading to juvenile hall.  The parents of the disruptive kids are not obligated to appear or act, even if they can.  Some of these kids have had such tough home lives for so long that there probably isn't much to be done at this stage.

The school can't bump disruptive kids onto a second track, as at Yu Ying, becone none exists, yet.  No, DC Charter, in its infinite wisdom, tells us that all middle school kids who enroll are created equal.  The reality is that that choosey parents are going to have to tolerate a few disruptive kids in class with theirs at least until some of the problem children fail to advance a grade.  
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BASIS can suspend and expel, PP, both without going to juvi.  While I am sympathetic to kids coming from troubled homes, at a certain point you have to accept that this is school, not daycare, not therapy, etc.[/quote]

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