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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's so weird to me that people view Basis as revolutionary in any way.  It's essentially what schools were before they were hijacked by watered down grades, social promotion, overuse of screens, and the educational fad of the week.  What my kids are receiving at Basis is very similar to the schooling I had in the late 80s.  They're learning grammar, reading books, taking notes by hand in a notebook, doing homework, studying, taking tests, and not just receiving As for showing up.  If a kid hasn't learned what they need to access the next grade level curriculum, they don't move on to the next grade.  It's not a new or fringe approach.  It's old-school schooling.  [/quote]

+1. BASIS is very similar to the public program I grew up in. It lacks the quality arts/phys ed program I also had, but I don't think those programs exist in public schools the same way anymore even where I grew up. But as for the academics, it's essentially what I learned at the same time. It's what drew me to the school.[/quote]

If it’s not that special, the comps are not that hard, and many more kids are capable of the work than are allowed to enroll in upper grades, why does Basis claim to need a test in order to backfill? [/quote]

This. If BASIS is much like the public programs many of us grew up in, why can't it take in new students in later grades the way traditional public schools always have? Also, I went to a suburban middle and high school in an upper class town and got a good education, but my schools also had remedial students who struggled academically. It had an honors track, a regular track, and a remedial track in most subjects to address this. Even when you only have UMC or rich kids you still have kids with learning disabilities, behavioral issues, or who are just not that academic or engaged. My schools assumed they would have kids like this and handled it. Yet BASIS is not expected to do this and the presumption is that it's impossible to get bright, motivated kids the challenge they need if you also have to work with kids who aren't bright and motivated. Yet all public schools used to do both.[/quote]

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