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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well then, it is established that when comparing outstanding public schools (comparison among publics, no claims to private "quality") against privates what you are paying for with private is an elite cohort, guaranteed class sizes and really nice facilities.

So if you have been lucky/strategic enough to send your child to a public school with great facilities and your child is not one to fall through the cracks, you are paying for an elite cohort.  That is fine and I am happy to say that my child's excellent public school is not, in fact, "just like private but for free"

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Uh, no, there's more.   I don't want to out my kids' independent school by posting the document, but the humanities curriculum [i]in no way whatsoever[/i] resembles the one presented at Murch, then Deal, our IB schools (except for math).   Then there's the science program, which is a little more similar to DCPS curriculum, [b]but they meet 4x a week in ES and 5x a week in MS[/b].

Also, the kids have had [b]real[/b], but not immersive, foreign language instruction since kindergarten.  [b]During the school day, multiple times a week.[/b] [/quote]

Just fixing some incorrect implications: Murch (starting in 3rd) and Deal have Science 5x/week with dedicated science teachers. PK and K have science integrated though out the day. First and Second have alternating units of science 5x week. Murch and Deal both have "real" foreign language instruction from preK, during the day, Murch 1x/wk and Deal 5x/week for three years, resulting in 2 high school language credits by 8th grade, allowing students to start high school at Level III (including those who predate the ES language curriculum). Also, neither school has "presented" a "humanities curriculum," so not sure what you were using as your comparison (and, of course, I know nothing about your unnamed school's curriculum since you don't want to "out it" -- but hey, go ahead and "out" false information about other schools). But yes, both Murch and Deal are very strong in math with targeted, differentiated, and, when appropriate, compressed instruction, plus enrichment.

There are more great things about the schools, but I just wanted to correct PP's errors.[/quote]

Don't all middle schools offer some type of foreign language and dedicated science teachers?  It is more unique to find at the elementary level and that is what private school posters at present referring to.
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Had the comment been a generalization, I'd agree with you. But the PP named two schools and got the facts wrong. Worth correcting.[/quote]

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