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[quote=Anonymous]I'd say the curriculum is... meh.  ELC is excellent in grades 4 and 5 if and only if you have a great teacher with high expectations who wants a lot of very refined argumentative writing.  Eureka math has terrific potential for a narrow slice of highly talented and truly curious kids: for the others, they just seem to come out worse at calculating.  I know absolutely nothing about science because it seems to happen kind of rarely and my DCs don't care about it at all.  They do, however, report disappointment in social studies, where they are curious about various things in history or culture that aren't included in a given unit or year.  Believe it or not, PE is good at our ES.  The music and art teachers are beloved, but not demanding.

But you know, I'm just not that worried about it.  We share a lot of our own interests with DCs and are trying to cultivate in them (with varying degrees of success) basic executive functioning, a love of reading, good writing skills, a decent work ethic, a sense of curiosity, some healthy self-esteem, and a sensitivity to the needs of others.  If they get to HS with those things and with the required technical capacities to do what they need to do in STEM areas, I'm OK with what comes next.[/quote]

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