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[quote=Anonymous][b]From what I understand about the Basis approach, they teach 5th graders, 5th and 6th grade subject matter. 6th graders get 7th and 8th grade subject matter, and so on. If kids don’t pass, they are left behind a grade. If they implement this model and then expel kids that are violent&mean, what’s to stop them? [/b]

They're really going to keep most of the 8th graders back a grade?  As the parent of a 5th grader, it looks to me like few are the types to pass the comprehensive exams (hint: they spend half the day screaming, and pushing and tripping one another).  Come on, they're stuck with most of these kids because they need the money that follows them to run the school, and can't replace them with students who could handle the curriculum because of the ban on screening applicants.  Looks like we're on track for seriously mediocre SAT scores 3-4 years hence.  Bad mistake to start with a 5-8th group but BASIS DC will probably recover eventually due to high demand for their brand of instruction and downtown location.

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