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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deal sounds like a disaster.[/quote]

It is not a disaster. I like the principal. But I do wish the academic standards were a bit higher.
My kids coasted at Deal. Then 9th grade at JR was even easier than 8th grade at Deal. Very frustrating.
Rigor comes in at JR only with APs unfortunately. I know private schools don’t like APs but I’m not sure how JR would manage without them. 
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OP here:  And thus why, I started this thread and asked why Jackson Reed's presentations don't present / barely present about APs.

From what I've picked up, APs have become the "anchor" for academic rigor across US public high schools, since colleges can't "trust" grades (as much as they used to?) because of grade inflation - for whatever reasons, to hide the acievement gap or to keep selective college bound kids/parents happy.  Well then, so be it - that's another debate.  But then, why doesn't Jackson Reed present on APs?

Why the focus on academies almost exclusively?[/quote]

Because DCPS has decided to spend $$$ on Academy Directors at all the high schools. These are high level director salaries. 3 at JR. Academies also fall under career and tech Ed which is flush with money these days. [b]The goal is to force every kid into an academy and make them complete the pathway [/b][/quote]

Someone is asserting this on multiple threads. How do you know this? I have two kids at JR--neither in an academy--and have not gotten this impression. [/quote]

You can speak to any of the JR NAF directors and ask them about the vision of the CTE Academies. Or you can write to the CTE director at the DCPS Central Office. They are in the process of trying to implement the Academy plan. Each academy has required courses for all 4 years of HS. Students are also supposed to pass some type of CTE certification exam. AP classes are only part of the IT academy, not the other Academies although the Biomed track encourages AP Biology [/quote]

The "Academy Plan" = every JR student must join an academy? That's the part I'm not seeing evidence of. [/quote]

That is the goal for the academies. Many of the other DCPS high schools are based on this model. JR is trying to get there as well. I’m not sure if they will succeed with 100% academy participation but they are trying to at least get most students to enroll. Walls and Banneker do not have CTE classes so they don’t follow the academy model for better or worse. This is one reason neither school offers AP CS because the AP CS classes in DCPS fall under the CTE department [/quote]

Walls and Banneker are both Humanities schools and Banneker is IB. So they have their niche already. Walls does(or will) offer AP CS. It's on next years course list.[/quote]

Banneker is also offering AP CS next year for the first time (I’m not sure which one); it was in the course registration materials sent home with my kid. Perhaps downtown has changed its policy. [/quote]

Interesting to know if Banneker is actually offering AP CS Principles next year. I think it is a good move for them as Banneker is weak on STEM.
AP CSA is the more advanced CS option but I assume they are offering the CS Principles class which is an introductory class 
It is labeled CTE in the DCPS course catalog and is part of the IT Academy pathway but perhaps they were able to get permission to offer it. [/quote]

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