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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great post!  I had been curious about GDS in the past and you gave some good concrete examples about what makes the school unique.[/quote]

PP -- I think that this is overstated. My kid went to Beauvoir and the discussion of math instruction and early spelling sounds very familiar. I do not think that the differences between the approaches in these subjects between the two schools are very significant at all. At Beauvoir there is a lot of discussion of different traditions --- for Jewish, Muslim and Hindu holidays, parents come to class and talk about how their families celebrate the holidays and something about their beliefs, bearing in mind that the kids are PK-3 so these visits do not generate very profound discussions. Differences in family structures etc. are taken as given and mutual respect is expected.

The one part of the GDS description that did sound unfamiliar is the discussion of white privilege and a school conference devoted to that. And I have to say that this is something I am happy to skip for PK-3s. It sounds too much like ideological shaping ---- something that I do not want from a school. I would much rather have the school provide a broad mainstream education that stresses inquisitiveness and tolerance, and give my kid freedom to chart his own path when old enough to appreciate the issues in a mature way. [/quote]

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