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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm [b]not buying that the BASIS population looks a lot different than that of selective schools and upscale suburban districts[/b], or that tests are needed to select academically advanced students for certain classes. BASIS attracts mostly UMC families, primarily from Ward 6. The crux of the problem is that both DCPS and DCPC reject academic tracking across the board in core middle school subjects. 
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You sound like one of those Trump supporters who, when faced with facts, reverts to "I'm not buying it." BASIS is an open lottery. Selective schools are test-in. There is no point in trying to have a reasonable conversation with someone who refuses to acknowledge basic grounding facts. You may go.[/quote]

I’m not sure why it’s an issue that parents with choices choose BASIS. Or that those whose kids are academically performing do so. This makes BASiS look more like a selective school than many other random lottery schools. Reputation (and programming) matter. [b]Kudos to BASIS for offering an option that kids in other jurisdictions have to apply or test into.[/b] [/quote]

That's one way of looking at it. Another way is shame on DCPS for denying the option that our near neighbors in VA offer: [b]a full menu of honors classes pitched above grade level for 7th and 8th graders. [/b]For that matter, shame on DC voters for not electing pols willing to go to bat for the option. DC voters didn't react when the Council of DC Committee on Education was folded into the Committee of the Whole several years ago, making any sort of meaningful ed reform that much less likely.

Nobody has to apply or test into honors classes in Arlington or Loudoun. But if you can't handle the work, the curriculum doesn't get dumbed down for you, just like it doesn't at BASIS.  [/quote]

I thought that is what happens at Deal?[/quote]

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