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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can afford it, go to private.  APS is disappointing.  Everything is now political, "professional development" being provided to teacher are all "equity" stuff, none about improving curriculum or instruction.  VA as a whole is lowering academic standards in the name of "equity".  And meanwhile, kids at private schools are learning much more than their public school peers.  [/quote]

We can’t afford private. So should we look at MCPS or HCPS?[/quote]

No, not worth moving for MCPS, HCPS or Fairfax.  All these systems have their own deep-seated systemic problems, particularly MCPS, certainly not the school system is was 20 years ago. The best MCPS HS programs are test-in, admitting few students who don't test into their GT 4th-5th grade programs and middle school programs.  It's very difficult to crack the magnet HS programs at Blair and Richard Montgomery without having come up through the system.

Sounds to me like you'd be better off staying where you are and supplementing via evening, weekend and summer in-person and on-line enrichment programs (e.g. language immersion), maybe the odd community college class for the upper-class HS years.  I wouldn't sweat the concern that Metro area private school students learn more. Come on, a good many of those kids are too pampered/spoiled/sheltered to put nose to the grindstone.  Sounds like you should work to create your own structures/incentive system to ensure that your girl puts out/stays motivated to learn.  WL is good enough academically for the highly motivated.  Nothing works too well for the unmotivated.[/quote]

Ugh that is grueling and a mark on childhood. Why can’t this work be done during school hours?  I kinda miss the learning pod idea, small class hire a top rate teacher.

Private schools may not have hard working students, but they get good results and I know none of those parents are doing learning centers or community college enrichment. Learning happens at school and that’s it. [/quote]

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