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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some private school parents here claim that their children's school teaches courses above AP course level and denigrate public school AP course teaching as prepping for the test and students rote learn.  My DC goes to MCPS (non-magnet).  I looked at Sidwell Friends 9th through 12 grade course curriculum.  I am impressed with the elective choices in History and Computer Science areas.  But Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Language courses at 11th/12th grade level either say will prepare students for AP exam or actually require students to write AP exams (in other words they are the level of AP courses in Public Schools but not higher).  In fact, I am confident, my DC will have studied higher level Math and Science and equivalent level Language, History (albeit not with such rich choice of history electives to chose from) compared to Sidwell Friends curriculum.  As for English language classes, I don't have sufficient information to form an opinion.

I am happy with the education my DC is getting at non-magnet MCPS.  I am glad private school parents are happy with their DCs' education but there is no reason or rationale to put down public school education.[/quote]

I have had kids at both Sidwell and MCPS schools and your are simply incorrect.  English and social science classes at Sidwell are much more writing intensive and taught st a higher level.  Foreign language classes are more advanced and many of the Sidwell kids study abroad for a summer or semester and are fluent.  Lastly, the math and science curricula are more thorough and derive much of their rigor from working from first principles. I am not anti MCPS and believe my oldest was well prepared for college, but it is totally misleading to compare Sidwell unfavorably with MCPS. Is it fair that some kids benefit from elite privates and others do not based mostly on parents’ income? No it isn’t. ( Mine get FA so we are extremely fortunate) But to say the two learning experiences are equal is just wishful thinking. Teachers at Sidwell are able to teach a different level because of very small classes, a selective student body, and becuase they don’t have to worry about testing. [/quote]

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