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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No horse in this race at all. However the most passionate parents I have met in person tend to be the Basis haters. [/quote]

This thread is almost entirely BASIS haters. They go on and on and on about all the things they hate about BASIS, and then every once in awhile, someone corrects something silly they say and that person gets labeled a BASIS booster. There's an unmistakable jealousness among the BASIS haters. They may or may not want their kids to actually go there, because the downsides are real, but they are extremely jealous of BASIS's pretty incredible record of getting kids into great schools. [/quote]

I haven't followed this thread closely but have posted a few times. You are missing what the "hate" is towards, even though it's right in the OP.

[b]People don't hate BASIS. They hate that their middle school options in DC are so limited that BASIS is one of the few acceptable options, even though the BASIS approach to education is not really what they want for their kids.[/b]

If DC had lots of great MS options, if many of the IB MSs had decent test scores and offered tracking in math AND ELA, if there were a variety of charter MSs offering decent quality education with various approaches, I don't think anyone would care about BASIS. Parents who wanted that kind of testing-forward approach would send their kids there, and parents who didn't would send their kids to one of the many other schools in the city where you could still get a good education. Many kids, including many smart kids, do NOT thrive in a BASIS style education system. Parents want options for these kids.

But when people vocalize this, they are immediately jumped on: what's wrong with BASIS, BASIS is working great for my kid, you obviously don't know what quality education is because BASIS is offering it and you don't care.

It's not BASIS hate, it's resentment that BASIS is one of the few options available to families who want a more rigorous academic experience for their kids, and that the options they would prefer more (Latin, Deal) are harder to get into or don't exist at all.[/quote]

Completely agree with this.

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