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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the present hOS-I say good riddance to him-he has no interest in the students and was in D.C. solely to secure an education policy position, which did not pan out.

The teachers at Basis DC are truly exceptional, no one (administration) or nothing (building) else is worth attending the school (I cannot speak for the college counselor, though I hear great things about her as well).[/quote]

Parent of 7th and 11th grade Basis student. Add the college counselor to the plus/positive column.

Agree with the rest of your post. [/quote]

I am really glad to hear that about the college counselor! I only wish we could take Basis DC teachers with us elsewhere, they really are amazing, inspire curiosity and drive in their students and love the kids enough to work extra long hours for less pay in a dank building with less teacher autonomy than you would find at most charter schools. We have had one "bad" teacher and one or two less-than -perfect fitting teachers (through n o fault of their own, and they were still excellent teachers), all the rest rank among the best any of my children have had in their time in school. [/quote]

I'm 13:31. Actually the middle school teachers we've gotten to know say they have a lot more automony than at other schools. Yes there are the comps / APs which dictate the content to be mastered be -- but they have significant leeway in how they can design the classes.

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In our experience at BASIS, this autonomy has been more of a minus than a plus.  Because the teachers have the autonomy to design their own curricula, they often stray from what is required for the pre-comps and comps.  So, the weeks leading up to the exams turn into a mad dash to cram in all the material they neglected.

I think that the BASIS model would work better if BASIS.ed simply gave the teacher PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and homework for each lesson.[/quote]

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