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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former LAMB parent here with two kids now at DCI. I agree with others, we stayed for the community and because our kids were happy. But this came at a cost: math and English tutoring and homework so they actually learned the common core. We got the tutor recommendations from other LAMB parents and most of our friends there had tutors too. Meaning: the academic results are in great part thanks to the tutors and work at home rather than the teachers. We could afford it so this worked for us, otherwise we would have left earlier in search of better academic programs. [/quote]

Thanks for being real. Can you give a sense of how the tutoring logistics worked? That’s interesting that the community has recs of good people to work with, but what does that look like — multiple times a week on week nights? Every weekend? Something else? Trying to get a sense of how that additional commitment fits into people’s lives to set expectations a bit.

Also is there any indication that this practice of supplementing with tutors is also part of the experience at other Spanish immersion schools? Thinking of DCB and Mundo Verde for example. [/quote]

Several of our oldest’s and my oldest had tutoring with one of the sped teachers in math after hours. She was wonderful. And we got recommendations for English tutors from other families and went with one that did small group lessons. We did this in the evenings twice a week so sacrificed some other activities.

My youngest kid’s upper elementary teacher asked us at the first parent teacher conference if our child had a math tutor and said she recommends to all parents to supplement with tutoring if they can! She gave us a list of things to ask the tutor to practice with our child. This was helpful.

I don’t know what other charter parents did for elementary. [/quote]

A teacher recommending a struggling student get a tutor is normal.

A teacher that recommends ALL their students get a supplemental tutor is a terrible sign of their own teaching practice.

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