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[quote=Anonymous]Parent here with "advanced kids".  Meaning that they score advanced and they read and do math at advanced levels.  I have been very happy with Janney.  We have been there through 4 Principals, a new building and many new staff.  It only gets better.  My 2 cents on class sizes is that in DC there is no official limit on class sizes as there is in MoCo, so you will never have the Maret sized 12 in a classroom.  We have had classes at Janney with 18-29 students.  All were handled well by the teachers.

There is definitely differentiation used in the teaching at ALL grade levels.  Janney has sunk resources into helping teachers develop this skill, and it is a trained skill.  In addition they pull kids out in small groups at the low and high levels to both help and offer extra challenge. These small groups have inspired my child to come home and learn, to take on extra research at school, and to help others who are not as far along. This last point is very important to me because it is one thing to be good at math, it is another to be able to explain your reasoning aloud, formulate alternative ways of doing a problem, write down your reasoning, and be patient enough to work with someone who thinks differently than you do.  All are skills my child has been forced to develop, even after he had the answer right.

All this being said, I looked at private schools for my youngest child, who corrects my 15 year old's spelling and math homework, and decided that for my kid, what they were getting at Janney was preferable.  I have never regretted this decision.  I do supplement the learning at Janney by having my child take language (at Janney after school), participate in on-line computer programming classes (in addition to the robotics and computer programming clubs offered at Janney), and read, read, read.  But the quality of the education he is getting is great and I would encourage anyone to come to the school and see it and try to become part of it.

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