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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally agree that we’ve all been blinded by Wilson because it’s been dangled as a shiny silver bell. I think SWW is a far superior option based on research. I really do hope that Central Office would coordinate between all the high schools and come up with a comprehensive list for summer reading varied by level within certain parameters. There should be no reason why DCPS cannot do that for all learners. If students are ESOL/SPED then there should be a note on the reading list noting which books might be appropriate for those learners. But alas, DCPS is all politics and very little prose. [/quote]

There is no reason that Wilson would have the same books as SWW. SWW is a humanities focused application school where students test in.

Wilson shares a basic curriculum with Coolidge, Roosevelt, Dunbar, Ballou and so on until you reach the AP classes, when Wilson has more. If you want to attend a comprehensive high school, this is how it works.

If you want more academically look at SWW, Banneker, McKinley, Bard and Coolidge Early College. [/quote]

I wasn’t aware that Wilson wasn’t considered academically challenging. Everyone speaks so highly of Wilson and much less about McKinkey, Bard and Coolidge (looks like their program is relatively new). PP, are you sure that Wilson shares the same basic curriculum as Coolidge, Roosevelt, Dunbar? I’m assuming that the AP curriculum would be the same as well???[/quote]

They are the same in that the 9th grade standards are the 9th grade standards, and algebra 2 (for example) is algebra 2. AP course curriculum is set by the College Board, which also provides a list of textbooks that must be used, and approves all syllabi.

Of course strong and creative teacher can cover the information required by the standards/College Board in a creative and engaging way, and do more than the minimum. But what people experience and expect from Wilson is a higher performing, higher SES cohort because most of the boundary area is upper middle class.

That is why honors for all rankles -- it puts the kids who aren't as well prepared in class with the higher SES kids -- and part of why some families dislike the OOB feeder system.[/quote]

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