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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP who mentioned that the real difference starts in 2nd grade is spot on. And, to the people who doubt that if one waits too long to leave an under performing SA school, kids will be behind in a high performing school - don't opine unless you have seen it. I know 8 families from my kid's school that left for NA or falls church over the last 5 years. Each kid was behind, lacked the requisite study skills and was no longer the star of,the class in the New school. Yes, same curriculum, but the kids are expected to master the material at different times. The depth of instruction is much different in NA schools because the kids are prepared to learn it. Kids do homework and have additional help at home so more advanced instruction in class. This is generally not the case in SA schools. And the schools I am talking about are not Henry and Oakridge. Some parts of SA will continue to gentrify, others will not. West of George Mason and the area just to its east is a lost cause. [/quote] Ok---this is a reasonable and specific comment, so thank you for sharing it. However, you seem to imply that S. Arlington scools have no homework. Our school (which is not Henry or Oakridge) certainly assigns homework...[/quote]
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