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[quote=Anonymous]Our experience at Lowell was initially great but went downhill as time went on.  Unlike some other posters we didn't have much interaction with the HoS or other admins.  Our issue was just that the academics left a lot to be desired.  DC "graduated" the lower school without certain basic proficiencies in reading, writing, and mathematics that both of us had mastered by the end of third grade.  Their focus on civil rights is admirable but after five years of being constantly hammered with social justice curriculum we found that DC didn't get the well-rounded education we had hoped for.  That became starkly apparent after the first round of tests in ninth grade.  The school touts its progressive nature but it's a narrow progressivism.  There was barely a mention of the plight of the industrial working class in the lower school curriculum for example.  While we did occasionally see assignments that deviated from civil rights issues, they always seemed to be framed through racial lenses at the expense of gender and class.  As social scientists we realized over time that the lower school curriculum had many holes that didn't get filled in middle school like we had hoped.  That said, teachers are doing their best.  We had some great ones for sure. [/quote]

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