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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree w having more option schools. The answer is to follow the ATS model in neighborhood schools. We seem to be moving in opposite direction though w equity grading. [/quote] I guess I could never get a good feel for what "traditional" meant. I realize there's a heavy emphasis on reading and homework every day. And tucking in shirts (maybe that went away). But I asked the principal at an info session (this was in 2018) and she gave me this line about the school having walls with doors. I was SO confused. My kid's neighborhood school has walls and doors? I know the school culture is most likely a bit part of what makes kids successful. But if the ideas there are so well done, why aren't we doing it APS wide? [b]What is the main difference between the way ATS does teaching and the rest of the county? I don't' want to hear it's kindergarten kids reading for 30 minutes a night. That's not a curriculum.[/b][/quote] ATS holds all their students to a high standard of reading and reading is a true part of their culture. That's the difference. [/quote] Right, which it can ONLY do because it's an option school. So if it DOES NOT WORK for some children (say, those who struggle with reading!) they will not attend ATS, or they will be asked to leave. That's EXACTLY why it can not be moved into every elementary school. The population self selects into children with certain skills and abilities very quickly.[/quote] The population has both high farms rate and high ELL rate. Their rates even exceed some of the other option schools that families also self select into. ATS results beat out every other elementary in aps. It’s not just self selection or kids with certain skills and abilities. It’s a focus on teaching reading right early, homework for practice, weekly reports for parents. Those are things every APS school could be doing. Not every parent will be as engaged as ATS requires, but those 3 things would go a long way at all of our schools. [/quote] Agreed, PP! However the person you’re responding to got it wrong; self selection is only applying to the lottery (now ridiculously easy, foreign parents do it from overseas!). Nobody is asked to leave or kicked out. The population does NOT further self select regardless of abilities. As far as abilities the trend might rather be the opposite. Lots of kids applying from other schools, specifically because they are struggling. [/quote]
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