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[quote=Anonymous]Maret ditched APs ten years ago, Sidwell is moving in that direction, and many of the country's oldest and most prestigious prep schools, mostly in New England, have embraced the International Baccalaureate Diploma curriculum of late.

I see WL's problem as offering academic streaming in a too-little-too-late fashion. Year after year, MS kids who can barely read are dropped in the same WL classes as those who are read college-level texts for fun. By 9th grade, the first year when honors classes are offered, it's clear that the stragglers have held back some of the high fliers.  It isn't a great system, but you can work around it if your MS kid is a bookworm at home, and if you supplement with math (like crazy!). The HS isn't bad, but isn't the best for bright sparks with National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist capability. Those kids still generally go private, to the burbs, or Wilson or Walls. Latin's college counseling is more supportive than high octane.

I didn't deal with these academic streaming or college counseling concerns as a happy Boston Latin student (and future Ivy student), so I cringe when the two schools programs compared around town. I keep that thought to myself, because the good white liberal Latin boosters have bulldozer instincts.

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