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[quote=Anonymous]I have to say that my experience so far leads me to agree with the original post. My kid is a very good in school (as measured in second grade) in reading and mathematics. He goes to Glenallan Elementary school in Silver Spring. Looking at the overall scores, I might have opted not to send him there. But when I first visited the school, I knew immediately this was (and remains) a well-run school. The teaching at Glenallan is excellent. I'll give an example: last week my son came home to tell me that while he likes to be able to buy gum, the need to save his money is more important and giving up the gum is the opportunity cost of saving for another day! What? I looked at him, asked him where he learned this, and he said in Social Studies.

This was not a fluke: he came home three days ago and was looking through the ingredients list of everything in the pantry. When asked, he explained that he's looking for palm oil on the list, and that he's offended about the destruction of the environment in Asia in order to grow palm trees, and how they're not even healthy for you.

This is second grade at Glenallan where we get weekly emails (and sometimes more) from our teachers telling us the focus of the lessons for the week, what the kids learned, and the plan for the following week.  Not a highly rated school on anyone's list in MoCo, but I have enough education to know this school is an amazing school with great kids, teachers, and a wonderful principal.

I cannot buy into this nonsense about different applications of the curriculum at different schools. It's just not true. [/quote]

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