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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]Out of curiousity (and looking to move from DC to lower MoCo) I printed out the course selections for each grade for Whitman, and WJ (ran out of energy for BCC) since these are best fit my commuting needs.  It's interesting how they differ even from each other, and which / where there is "honors for all" for which subjects and at which grade level.

English:
-- WJ:
Essentially for all grade levels, WJ does not have "regular" classes -- only "honors", and more differentiated ESOL classes.  
For each of junior and senior year, WJ provides only 1 AP option -- AP Lang and Comp for junior year, AP Lit and Comp for senior year.

-- Whitman
Whitman is more differentiated for non ESOL.  See below.  Like, WJ, Whitman offers AP Lang and Comp for junior year, but for senior year offers 2 AP options, not just 1, - Lang and Comp, and Lit and Comp.

This is probably bc WJ has a larger ESOL population that resources are directed to (no politic-ing, equity bashing, etc.  Just, .... this is what it is)

9th: both have only Honors English and ESOL english (WJ has more ESOL differentiated levels.)

10th: Whitman has regular, honors, and ESOL.  WJ doesn't have regular, only honors, and various levels of ESOL.

11th: Whitman has reg, honors, AP, and ESOL.  Again, WJ doesn't have reg, but honors, AP, and ESOL.

12th: Whitman has honors, 2 AP options, and one ESOL.  WJ has honors, one AP option (different than the one in junior year,) and ESOL.

Social Studies:
WJ has more differentiation.  Maybe bc it has more heterogenous population, and so provide more options and pathways for different level of student readiness for academic achivement.  I think this would benefit not only ESOL, but non-ESOL kids who need more time to gear up for academic AP work.

9: Whitman has only 2 options -- honors US history OR AP US govt.  WJ has three non-ESOL options: US History reg and honors; OR AP US govt.

10: Whitman has US Govt has three levels -- reg, honors, AP; for US History, it has only 2 levels: honors and AP. WJ has three (non ESOL) levels for each of US Govt and US history.

11 and 12th grade: The two schools really differ from each other for these grades.  And each offers the same for 11th and 12th grade.  For 11th and 12, Whitman offers only Modern World History at 3 levels: Reg, hon, AP.  WJ has the same as 10th grade, three levels for each of US Hist and US Govt, and also provides World History for 2 levels -Honors and AP.

This narrowing of Whitman for 11th and 12 grade -- offering only 3 levels of World Hisory -- is a bit surprising.
 
Science: 
9th: Both offer only Biology at 2 levels - reg and honors, with WJ having more ESOL options.

10th: They differ in this year.  Both offer Chemisty and Physics at 2 levels: reg, honors.  Whitman offers only one AP - AP Physics.  WJ offers two levels of AP Physics, and also AP Chem, and AP Env Sci.

11th: Both continue offering what they did in 10th grade.  Whitman adds AP Chem, 4 diff levels of AP Physics, 3 levels of Bio (reg, honors, AP), AP Env Sci, and about 4 specialized electives.  WJ adds AP Bio (no regular or honors like Whitman, just AP), two levels of AP Physics, and two specialized electives.

12th: Whitman offers the same wide offering as it did in 11th grade.  WJ adds two specialized electives.

It's interesting that Whitman offers reg and honors Bio for 11th and 12th, but WJ does not.

Math: 
For Math, I can only say that each offers a lot of differentiation.
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When schools have honors English for all in 9th and then differntiation in 10th, that means they are rolling out the honors-for-all model starting with current 9th graders. Next year 9th and 10th graders will have honors-for-all, the year after 9th-11th graders, and the year after that the HS will be honors-for-all for all grades.[/quote]

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