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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And again, they drummed out 10% of their original student body.

These 11 and 12 year olds.

So, so nice to smash the self-esteem of young children, especially those with IEP.

BASIS must be proud.[/quote]

DCPS schools crush the self esteem of thousands of bright young kids each year with totally uninspired teaching, a hostile and unsafe social environment, and a complete dead-end curriculum that will never get them into college or into the careers they dream of.  They leave students with nothing but a menial job and lifelong regrets.  BASIS on the other hand opens that door for bright achievers rather than slamming it in their faces.

But by the same token, BASIS is far more realistic about the work, life skills and discipline that's needed to actually get those kids into college and those dream careers, as opposed to just blowing smoke and graduating illiterate kids that think it's fine to not have to do the work, to pass kids on to the next grade with an "F", where they will only be even further behind, that it's fine to show up late to school everyday, to skip school, et cetera - as DCPS does.  What kids may have been used to in their DCPS schools will not fly at BASIS, and they have a choice of either upping their game or going back to the DCPS status quo.[/quote]

Completely agree. My DC is much more happy at BASIS than DCPS, mainly because of the improved environment socially (it's not a bad thing to be smart) and because of the teaching. DCPS pretends that the student are doing well but then gets shown up by their own CAS. How many children get "4s" in class and aren't proficient on the not-hard standardized tests? [/quote]

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