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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no data or precedent whatsoever to tell if SWS prepares its students well for academically rigorous middle schools.  It is only in the last three years that SWS has had to teach children older than 5 or 6 years old.  The oldest children at the school now are in 3rd grade.  [b]SWS has never sent a child to middle school.[/b]

So....that is a complete unknown. [/quote]

This is not *completely* true. When SWS fed to the Cluster, kids from SWS for the most part did fine in Watkins first grade, although there were always some rumor/grumblings from Watkins teachers that a significant portion of SWS kids were not reading. By the time these kids finished first grade and up, I would say that they fell into the top third or higher of performance. I think that is dictated, however, almost entirely by the relatively high SES of SWS families for decades.[/quote]

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point. I for one don't question the effectiveness of Reggio for PK3, PK4 or K. And there's no doubt that there is decades of data suggesting it prepares kids to learn at higher levels, but they don't do Reggio at higher levels. And that's the point. No doubt Watkins picked up and taught the kids, then Peabody did their piece, etc. But the upper levels are not Reggio. I didn't put SWS on my list because I am not comfortable that above K it is going to provide academic rigor. Candidly, I have the same concerns about Logan's curriculum; beyond me how that will work in middle school. JM2C[/quote]

That's not really an accurate description of Reggio.  The idea that children are natural learners is entirely compatible with the increasing rigor required as children age past ECE.  The academic underpinning is no different in that sense than other elementary curricula in DC and sometimes there is common focus (last year's 2nd grade had the same focus on Mayan and Aztec culture as Janney's 2nd).  The classroom structure, project focus, nature as classroom, and school philosophy may be different than other schools, but the basic educational structure is consistent with other schools.[/quote]

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