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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]agree that advanced/honors courses/tracks with fluid entry is best.  being right around the cutoff for a rigid track program is tough.[/quote]

Say what you want about Basis, it provides an accelerated program without gate-keeping.[/quote]

Schools like BASIS and Latin allow kids to get a top flight education even if they live in Congress Heights. You have to be lucky to get in, but you don't have to be rich, and you certainty don't have to live west of the park. [/quote]

Also don’t have to meet some standardized test threshold, which is often arbitrary at the margins. [/quote]

I would not call Basis a top flight education with the lack of facikities, EC, sports.  Also curriculum is very narrow.

Only a few charters like Basis, DCI, and Latin might better meet the higher performing kids but far from best all around education like the burbs.

The issue is that DCPS won’t uphold high standards and actually continue to low standards.  And the city forbids tracking except in math.  Nothing anyone can do about when it comes from the top.  That is why families are clamoring to few charters above or moving or going private. [/quote]

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