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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone hearing about Truth?[/quote]

We have a sixth grader who loves Truth. Smaller learning experiences (or class sizes). Made a ton of friends easily. Likes the lesson regime; although notes the eighth graders in their cohort tend to cut up and derail the work periods a fair bit. (Or maybe that’s all we hear about, because it’s entertaining?)  I think there are a fair bit of growing pains given it’s so new.

They love the lack of homework. I kind of thought everything would be entirely project-based learning but there’s a fair bit of traditional learning as well. (My kid complains they want “more shelf work,” and fewer worksheets  — lately on ratios etc.) For an ADHD kid, it’s pretty amazing. They’ve done some cool engineering projects (egg drop), and they are pretty engaged in learning/reading about the 1619 project, which is how Truth is teaching ELA and social studies this 10-week period. And it seems like the teachers are really trying to differentiate with kids and work with them at varying speeds.
So far, what I’ve seen of the class work (they only bring it home if they need more time to finish a task) seems on par with what friends at Deal & DCI are doing. But I do worry that it might not be rigorous enough.

I’m most happy with the social/emotional middle school experience; as we hear about some crazy tween drama happening at Deal and behavior issues at DCI. If it’s happening at Truth, we don’t know about it. But I think it’s not, because there’s this emphasis on community and really getting to know and respect these kids. This is our kid’s happiest public school experience to date.[/quote]

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