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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can go sit in on a class at LAMB. The first time you see it, it's kinda hard to believe. The classrooms are silent. You have 30 little kids working and the classroom is so quiet it's hard to believe it's real.[/quote]

It’s fantastic for early elementary. Really lovely.

Go to any party for a lamb student in upper elementary. Everyone is talking about Mathnesium, or the latest Bs drama from the administration.

I was a huge lamb booster until my kids got older and I got tired of the nonstop drama and poor academics. [/quote]

I feel like supplementing particularly in math is super common across a lot of schools particularly bilingual. We have kids at another Spanish immersion on your list and I was shocked when we started to learn how many of the older kids do Russian School of Math, Mathnasium, etc. Our oldest is now in 2nd and I am generally happy with the school but I do feel like I want more rigor around math.

Seperately, I was talking to a family at Bancroft a few weeks ago who said they started doing math supplementing because they realized that their kids only knew math terminology in Spanish.

I don't have enough data points to know whether this is a DC thing or a bilingual thing or what, but I definitely don't think this is unique to LAMB at all.  [/quote]

First it is important to differentiate if your kid is supplementing because they are not challenged enough or if your kid needs help in math because they are struggling or not getting the basics. It sounds like at LAMB it is because the math is weak and so many kids are getting outside help to make up the deficit.

The majority of kids in general are not supplementing.  If kids are supplementing with these programs or tutors most it is because they are struggling or needing instruction in core basics because the teaching is weak.  It is not common for parents to put their kids in extra math if their kid is doing well.

We are at an immersion charter and the group of kids we know were not supplementing. These were kids who were the top performers in math and did well.  Then again the upper grade math teachers were very strong.

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I also want to add that my objective data for doing well and assessing this is MAP testing.  My kid scores mid 90th percentile [/quote]

The majority of kids at lamb are definitely supplementing. You probably don’t know because your kid is doing well. Go to the Mathnasium on Macomb after school and you’ll see tons of lamb parents. Our child just was missing big chunks of math instruction. We still go because it’s good solid enrichment but she’s doing well at DCI. If your kid is doing well at lamb, good for you!  My kid also did well on the NWEA for a long time until she was at upper el. Her teacher blamed disinterest in the test and hormones for her poor performance. Nope- it was poor instruction. I don’t know if it’s different for other schools. My biggest beef with lamb was the constant gossip and drama around basic things like aftercare.   Might be different now but it was a serious stressor on me especially as a single mom. [/quote]

I’m the PP above with strong math kid and my kid is not at LAMB.  I can’t comment on LAMB[/quote]

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