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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I learned that some schools speak in hyperbole and "big ideas" and some schools actually give you data.

Ex. Someone at a Mundo Verde open house asked about teacher retention. The answer was literally "I'm not sure, but most teachers love being here!"

Someone at a Bancroft open house asked about teacher retention. The principal pulled out a chart and gave us an answer (something like 86 percent) and told us how it compared to DCPS as a whole.

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Yup! MV was one I downgraded after the open house—there were a lot of buzzwords but no substance. Another charter basically said my questions didn’t really matter bc we probably wouldn’t get in, there was so much demand for the school! The DCPS (at least pre pandemic) had tours during school, so you could check out the classroom vibes. Our IB also had a printout if the internal testing compared to growth goals, so I learned a lot about the metrics of the younger grades. So, you may learn more than you think![/quote]

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