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Basis has been working on and refining that model acceleration and the associated timetables and sequencing since the 1990s. - those programs are shown on the BASIS website -  https://www.basisschools.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94&Itemid=111[/quote]

New poster with a 3rd grader who is IB for Deal but looking at BASIS.  There must be plenty of parents like me out here.

Interesting link, but I'm still not sure if I should take their course sequencing track record seriously.  Not long ago, I taught humanities courses at a Western university where I mentored some BASIS Arizona graduates.  They spoke well of their schools but none were standouts in my classes.  I visited the building recently, where I had lunch in the cafeteria with a teacher I vaguely know.  My impressions were superficial of course, but not the best.  The scene was fairly chaotic, with young teachers chasing older kids around, scolding them to quiet down and stop shoving and tripping one another.  The $14 million building seemed unfinished, bare and cramped, and the hallway scene was really loud.  Kids were having lunch all over the place, including in the front office.  I'm certainly not a booster or critic, but left wondering if this would be the right school for my son.  I haven't visited Deal yet but will soon.

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