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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More like trying to disguise their demographics. BASIS enrolls few poor minority  kids by design. Few can handle the curriculum and those who enroll aren’t given the structure or support (e.g intensive remediation and Saturday school like at KIPP) for that to change.[/quote]

No kids at Basis here but the blame that few poor minority kids can handle the curriculum lays on DCPS shoulders not Basis.

DCPS doesn’t offer G and T in elementary and tracking in all subjects in middle school for the poor minority kids with potential to do well.  They also socially promote everyone so impossible for a teacher to do any teaching at high level. So they stay in the low expectation culture of DCPS and by the time high school rolls around, it’s too late.

That’s fine if Basis wants to help support struggling students but let’s not kid yourself that if someone who is performing way below grade level from a poorly performing school is going to catch up and succeed at Basis.  [/quote]

We were at BASIS for a couple years. The PP who points out that BASIS doesn't support low SES kids who arrive behind academically isn't all wrong. When a kid struggles academically, despite a family's best efforts to keep the kid on track, the response from BASIS admins and teachers can be pretty darn cold. The family is told that the kid isn't trying hard enough, isn't putting nose to the grindstone. If the kid continues to struggle, the message that admins give the family is that the kid isn't cut out for the curriculum, so it's time to leave. In most of these cases, the kid could probably succeed at BASIS, even thrive, with more encouragement, a happier environment, and, frankly, better teaching and less busy work at home. BASIS hires too many young, inexperienced teachers with poor classroom management and instructional skills to serve kids who struggle--both high SES and low SES--well.[/quote]

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