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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re GDS history

With a couple notable exceptions, the teachers aren't great and the curriculum isn't well-conceived.  In theory, I agree with you that the 9th grade approach sounds promising.  In practice, it hasn't worked well.  Part of the problem is that an ambitious approach like that requires teachers with a kind of training/background few HS teachers (few profs, for that matter) actually have.  Another part of the problem is that history gets treated less as a rigorous scholarly discipline than as a place to locate various advocacy projects.  To be clear, I'm NOT saying I reject the school's politics/values.  What I'm saying is that advocacy is more effective if you actually learn how/make the effort to analyze and understand issues in greater depth than GDS requires in its history classes.  [/quote]

When you move beyond 9th grade your student will look back, reflect, and hopefully see the value and merit in the curriculum decision.  GDS has excellent history teachers and course offerings, many traditional, some more specialized and interesting in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades that will leave your student very well prepared for college, and allow them to delve more seriously into the subject if that is their interest.[/quote]

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