Reply to Lottery data with June offer numbers is up

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Lottery data with June offer numbers is up"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]EA at BASIS is going to be a disaster. [/quote]

You said the quiet part out loud. Why do you assume that kids who are economically disadvantaged are dumb and/or can't apply themselves? Why do you assume they don't have or can't develop executive functioning? Some of these 10 and 11 year old kids have already dealt with more sh*t in their lives than you will ever know and they are still in the game fighting to succeed. EA preferences are designed precisely for this reason; to ensure kids who more than many others need a solid educational footing have access.
 [/quote]

DP. My understanding of the Basis model is that [b]it would take a lot of support at home [/b]to catch up academically and pass the tests. If the kids are coming in behind and Basis keeps its “up or out” approach, we’re gonna see a disproportionate number of EA kids dropping out. [/quote]

Your understanding is wrong. The kids at the top of the class don't have parents all up in their stuff. They tend to be independent, self-starting learners. Kids who grow up in unstable environments and grow up quickly might tend to exhibit high level executive functioning beyond coddled peers whose parents sit next to them and do the work with them.[/quote]

+1 and I say this as a parent who decided BASIS was not a good fit for my kid. My impression of the kids who are there and doing well is that they tend to be excellent test takers and organized thinkers who do very well in a fairly rigid system where they are given clear goals to meet and clear metrics for meeting them. If your kid has a different learning style you might be able to do okay at BASIS with lots of parent support but I'm not sure it would be worth it -- we decided our kid would likely be miserable there even if they excelled acadeically.

There are plenty of kids there with limited support at home who seem to do well.

Also I would not assume that EA kids do NOT have lots of parental support -- the process of lotterying under the EA system requires some effort to understand the system and be able to certify as EA. Just because a family may be low income or have other challenges does not mean they don't have supportive family.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics