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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Janney and Deal parent with cousins with kids in two MoCo elementary schools, so I have some chance to compare.   Generally, many aspects are very similar.  Teacher quality, class size, extracurriculars etc.   I do think Janney has significantly more parental involvement, probably due to the legacy of DCPS problems requiring more help from parents.  Also, Janney's lunch and after-school programs are higher in quality than The MoCo's aftercare programs. The place where Janney lags a bit behind is math technology and science.  The math program at Janney is not differentiated, so the top half the class is behind the MoCo kids by fourth and fifth grade.  Not terribly so but a bit.  Also, the MoCo kids I know had more opportunities for exposure to science labs and computer programming.  This may be specific to the two MoCo schools I am aware of.

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I, too, am a Janney/Deal parent with lots of MoCo connections. I largely agree with the PP's assessment. However, as I understand it, under 2.0 Montgomery County is using far less math differentiation in the classroom. In fact, they have moved to a system that more closely resembles Janney's in that kids are put into small leveled groups and advanced students are challenged to explore the topic at hand more deeply rather than just moving on to the next. In addition, despite the lack of differentiation, most of Janney's graduates move on to the algebra track at Deal. The comments about the science instruction surprise me a bit given that Janney has its own dedicated science teacher and lab but I actually don't know a whole lot about what happens there. In my assessment, Janney's great strength lies in the areas of writing and language arts. Using readers and writers workshop, the school consistently turns out kids with excellent writing and literary analysis skills. In terms of shortcomings, MoCo schools offer free music instruction complete with strings. Janney has a band but it costs extra doesn't offer strings instruction. In addition, MoCo does a better job of having school pyramids (i.e. elementary, middle and high schools) work together to create an articulated path. DCPS is just starting (!!!) to do this.[/quote]

Janney science has been improving over the last few years.  The big issue is that the Specials teachers are stretched thin, so kids get the science/PE/music/art teacher/social studies/media once every six days (I think).

The Janney (I'm assuming it's from DCPS) "Media" curriculum is poor.  Learning Powerpoint is not worth time in school.  Many schools are doing basic programming in elementary.

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