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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's always so interesting how these BASIS threads go. Every thread brings out a cohort of posters who cannot stop themselves from maligning the school. Some people have legit complaints based on actual experiences and facts (and you can tell who they are) but many have no idea what they're talking about and simply accuse others of being boosters when they get called out. Of all the problems this city has with education, it's unbelievable how much energy people seem to spend dumping on this school. [/quote]

Honestly, I know two different families whose kids (three in total) didn't make it through (one did) and they were so hurt by the whole thing... they went in as happy, curious pro-school kids, and came out anxious and hating school. For the kids who work, it works and they're happy, but statistically it doesn't work for most kids... and for taxpayer dollars to go and support that kind of record, just to line the pockets of investors... yeah it really pisses me off.

Does DCPS have problems? yeah! big time! is Basis the answer? only for a small number of those who try it![/quote]

Look at the test scores. BASIS *trounces* almost every non-private school in the city. You should be pissed off at these schools that churn out graduates who can't even read.

https://www.empowerk12.org/public-dashboards [/quote]

BASIS starts at 5th. If BASIS kids read better than other MS/HS kids in the city, that is because they come in reading better.

Which is actually an important thing to understand, because the failures at many of the city's MS and HSs is happening way before the kids get there. And as someone with a kid at a Title 1 elementary, I can tell you that the problem starts at home. DC has a ton of kids who have no real opportunity to achieve at a BASIS level because they do not have the kind of support at home (and many have parents who don't read above an elementary school level either).[/quote]

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