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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line is, BASIS fills an unmet need in DC and provides a viable option for hard-working and high-achieving  students.   The top reason I can think of why anyone would knock it is because they work for another school and feel threatened.[/quote]

I almost agree, with some minor but relevant tweaks to this argument: I think that there are non (or not-yet) Basis parents who take issue with the fact that this welcome option is advertised as "the new it" rather than making clear that it fills an unmet "niche" need, namely for kids who do well with its "back to basics" techniques. I may have a child like that coming along in a few years, but it's utterly not what my otherwise high-achieving older one would do well with. That entire cohorts in some elementary schools decide that this is the best option for all their kids confirms to me that that Basis and its boosters are over-selling it. Basis is doing itself (and everybody, including me) a disservice by making it look like this is a model that'll work for anybody who is "hard-working and high-achieving". In fact, it'll be a great disservice also to the child I have coming along who may indeed be a great fit for this model to find her/him-self surrounded by students who are actually not a good fit and were lured into it to fill seats.[/quote]

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