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[quote=Anonymous]My kid was in CES and the experience was really teacher-dependent. We had a wonderful teacher in 4th grade: young, energetic, full of creativity and willing to work with the kids and change up the lessons to meet their needs and interests. Best teacher ever. The 5th grade teacher was absolutely terrible. No engaging or connected lessons, the kids would write essays that were never looked at or graded. Teacher was not good with feedback, even when they were wrong, and got very defensive. It honestly seemed like the teacher was coasting until retirement. That year was a big letdown.

The biggest benefit I saw was the social aspect. Like-minded, highly-motivated, quirky kids all in one class with similar interests. They would egg each other on to write better essays, get higher MAP scores, build better STEM projects, etc. I think they often got more out of each other than from what the teachers taught.

I echo the sentiment that coming from CES to a regular, non-magnet middle school environment was a major letdown. You worked harder in CES, for what really? My kid (an admitted nerd who loves school) doesn't get why most kids around him are goofing off and interrupting the teacher during lessons. Staying motivated in that environment can be a struggle at times.[/quote]

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