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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a young elementary kid in a NA school and am considering whether to apply to private schools in the next couple years.  She's happy going to school but consistently says everything is too easy.  Like many PPs, all her standardized scores are 99% -- I think last one we got was Naglieri from December, she had a 138.  Do private schools differentiate better? I worry they don't, but admittedly haven't visited with this issue in mind (we toured a bunch when she was 2 yrs old for preschool but decided not to apply at that time). If I'm going to have to supplement (or push the school for more difficult work) in either case, I guess I'd rather have school be free. [/quote]

Many privates, but not all, handle differentiation well.  It is fair to ask Admissions “How does the school handle differentiation, a student ahead or behind ?” when exploring private schools. Also, ask which math curriculum and which reading/grammar/spelling curriculum are they using.  Catholic schools locally seem to have a very solid curriculum in all subjects, but some DCUM posters think they usually do not handle either slow learners, or genuinely gifted students, very differently than average students,

I was in my local public through lower elementary (after attending a good Montessori from ages 3-K) and learned zero in that public school.  I was bored out of my gourd. Part way through elementary, my parents realized I really was not being taught anything new.  They moved me to an academically challenging private, even though we could not really afford it.  No school is perfect, but I was A LOT happier learning at the private than being warehoused by the local public.  I also ended up being much better prepared for college thanks to the private.  [/quote]

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