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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just seems like Shepherd to Wells/Coolidge is the most obvious and needed change, but I would bet it's not going to happen. [/quote]

And why should it? As long as DCPS refuses to guarantee an appropriate curriculum in MS and HS for the college-bound, parents will correctly fight to stay in the school that already provides it. [/quote]

I am genuinely asking, is the curriculum that different or is the student population just different? And if the curriculum is different is it because of the student population (I.e. fewer advanced/AP classes because lower demand)? [/quote]

Coolidge doesn't have much of a population of high-achieving or even on-level kids. You can see this in the PARCC scores, the SAT scores, and the AP scores. 12 kids got at least a 3 on at least one AP test last year, relative to 452 at JR. So yes, there is lower demand for AP classes, and that's reflected in there being fewer AP classes. But, also, even if you're in an AP class, if that class spans all the way from kids who are not at grade level to kids who are advanced, it's going to be more difficult for the teacher to teach it at a level that's appropriate for the few advanced kids. It's hard to overstate the span of reading and math levels that you'll find among, say, 11th graders in DCPS. [/quote]

Exactly. At a certain point you need kids on your same grade level. Serious students help each other with homework, share notes, have study groups. [/quote]

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