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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?[/quote]

They are very play based, especially in PK3.[/quote]

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW[/quote]

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).[/quote]

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page[/quote]

My kids experienced none of this and their Title 1 DCPS PK experience was a magical wonderland. That changes later, but I would recommend the PK wholeheartedly.

Also agree that there is one poster declaring this repeatedly.[/quote]

I am not a poster that has declared this repeatedly (first time posting on this subject) but we experienced two different DCPS PK programs, both of them pretty highly regarded, and they were night and day in terms of incorporating play-based learning. I wouldn't have understood this if we hadn't had the comparison point of the other program. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know!
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Sure, there may be variation between people grams depending on teaching styles. But the PP is claiming that DCPS central office is forcing "worksheets, homework, math, screens, and testing" on PK classrooms. That's flatly wrong, as my kids are currently in a Title 1 PK and there is none of that except math, in that kids sing counting songs and are encouraged to play sorting games that help them learn to count, recognize shapes, etc. Play-based math. There are no screens or homework, and the only "testing" I know of is the evaluation teachers give to check for K readiness, which is done to ensure kids get extra support for pre-literacy or other K-readiness factors.

If there are PKs in the city using screens and doling out homework and not engaging the kids in free play, those are choices being made at the teacher or school level and not consistent with our experience at all. Obviously a good idea to visit schools and talk to them about their teach by philosophy before you enroll, but no, DCPS is not forcing PK teachers to drill and test their kids or use screens in classrooms. [/quote]

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