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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] This is very true in our case. I have a child who has not learned [b][u]ANY NEW MATH CONCEPTS[/u][/b] in his current charter these past 2 years, while no one has worked on improving his English skills.  He is an English learner who is performing 2 years below grade level in English but the school has decided not to have him meet with the ELL teacher because he tests well in the DC CAS and ANET. Numerous meetings with admin and teachers have not resulted into anything tangible except his teachers complaining that he has to learn  to be an independent learner.[/quote]

So these are your reasons to try an new charter?! Maybe it's time to recognize that, with few exceptions, charters are doing well on tests not because they teach better but because they manage to attract better students (so long as they don't keep school hopping anyway). And withholding ELL services from an ELL student is illegal. Before squandering more years in disappointment and then move, sounds like it might be time for you to revisit DCPS. Look beyond the test scores and actually visit and see what's happening in the classroom. Ask questions about how learning is differentiated and how students on both ends of the spectrum are being challenged. Certainly not all will make the cut but I bet you'd find a great many where your child would have been more challenged and better served than that in the last two years.[/quote]

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