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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have twins --one at DCPS and one who left for a Big3 school in 7th per the child's request (2 years ago).  I'd estimate that the public school kid is learning 20% of what the Big3 kid is learning.
The was pre-pandemic and during the pandemic.    
My public school kid is getting high As in all classes and is taking the hardest math the school offers (Algebra 2 in 8th grade).  She/he does debate and Model UN and 
every academic extracurricular I can make him/her do.  However, she/he is skating through school with two 45 minutes classes per day and no school on Wednesdays.  
Meanwhile, the Big3 kid is working his/her tail off as usual.

I'm a huge public school advocate (I attended them and my 3 kids have attended them for a total of 28 years of instruction).  However, there the difference between 
learning between private and our public is insane.  I care nothing about prestige and we're not wealthy. 
I recognize that the public school kid will probably have better college admissions (which is crazy, given that he/she can barely write) but she/he will likely graduate 
with a perfect GPA (barely some sort of academic disaster) while the private school kid will end up with something well under 4.0 but with a far, far deeper and broader
understanding of history and literature and a well developed ability to write and reason.

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Do you mean during the pandemic or from before.  Not sure about private the public school rigor is taking a beating.  I had one just finish HS before and one there now.  Almost the same classes, teachers, everything....big difference.     this pandemic is a disaster for so many.[/quote]

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