Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what yo u mean by filter.

Language immersion gives your children something 'extra' but it isn't necessarily advanced.

They don't offer pre-Algebra or advanced literature or arts in any of the charter language immersion schools. In fact, aside from YY and LAMB, most children are not performing at grade level on PARCC.

YY & LAMB both feed DCI which filters math by ability. So, now you've got students who are bilingual and get advanced math.

Come on, not that advanced. If you want advanced math at YY or LAMB in the upper grades, you homeschool.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ Also MacFarland.

McFarland is not going to have anything approaching advanced learning. Even with a second la gauge.

The school is barely open. What's your basis for asserting that?

Anonymous wrote:^^ Also MacFarland.

McFarland is not going to have anything approaching advanced learning. Even with a second la gauge.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Language charters are a filter for gifted children - or at least advanced programming. That's one of the reasons everyone wants in.

No. DCPS does not do it as well.

Now how's that?

Also wonder how does montessori support gifted kids. Although I know what the generic answer would be (kids choose their own pathways and pace etc).

My own very advanced child is challenged in Montessori in a way that traditional schools couldn't offer without very small class sizes and individual attention. If a child is ready to move on to mastering the next skill they are able to, without having to wait for others to catch up. In practice this means that a 1st grader can do division and multiplication to many decimal places, or spend hours understanding and exploring fractions and decimal fractions without being told that they'll get to that in 2nd grade (or 4th or 5th). If they are interested in calculating the basic area of a square they can look around the school and find larger and more complex shapes to calculate area for, or learn how to calculate the area of a circle -- and they do this in uninterrupted three hour work periods. If they want to learn how an airplane works they will do the research independently or in a group and perhaps decide to go to the Air and Space museum to learn more, or interview a pilot -- then write a report. They will propose a field trip "going out" and plan it all themselves, from budget to travel plans, and including making phone calls. yes, at 6 or 7 years old. the mixed age format means that kids learn from those older than them but also that they are not on a rigid timetable to learn certain things at certain times, and that they are role models for younger kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what yo u mean by filter.

Language immersion gives your children something 'extra' but it isn't necessarily advanced.

They don't offer pre-Algebra or advanced literature or arts in any of the charter language immersion schools. In fact, aside from YY and LAMB, most children are not performing at grade level on PARCC.

YY & LAMB both feed DCI which filters math by ability. So, now you've got students who are bilingual and get advanced math.

I don't think people on this thread know what "gifted" means

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have read a lot on this forum for years now about people complaining about DCPS not having a gifted and talented program or magnet schools or something like what exists in Fairfax and Montgomery Counties. But one thing I never hear is people mentioning anything about what DC charter schools offer for gifted kids (or advanced kids whatever term you want to use.) Do any of the DC charter schools offer specific programs like this for gifted students? How come we don't hear them being criticized like we do about DCPS? (I say that because even though I'm asking I am pretty sure I haven't heard of anything at DC charter schools for gifted kids....)

No, and except in the rare few, though DCUM readers would have us believe otherwise, there is no such thing as Gifted. We are all "gifted" good at something, some things in society are considered more worthy and of value than others!

And some are so academically "gifted" or "advanced" or whatever-you-want-to-call-it that the less "gifted" are a drag on the classroom that prevents the "gifted" from learning to the best of their abilities.

Sometimes smart people don't want to be around dumb people.

Anonymous wrote:I have read a lot on this forum for years now about people complaining about DCPS not having a gifted and talented program or magnet schools or something like what exists in Fairfax and Montgomery Counties. But one thing I never hear is people mentioning anything about what DC charter schools offer for gifted kids (or advanced kids whatever term you want to use.) Do any of the DC charter schools offer specific programs like this for gifted students? How come we don't hear them being criticized like we do about DCPS? (I say that because even though I'm asking I am pretty sure I haven't heard of anything at DC charter schools for gifted kids....)

No, and except in the rare few, though DCUM readers would have us believe otherwise, there is no such thing as Gifted. We are all "gifted" good at something, some things in society are considered more worthy and of value than others!

^^ Also MacFarland.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what yo u mean by filter.

Language immersion gives your children something 'extra' but it isn't necessarily advanced.

They don't offer pre-Algebra or advanced literature or arts in any of the charter language immersion schools. In fact, aside from YY and LAMB, most children are not performing at grade level on PARCC.

YY & LAMB both feed DCI which filters math by ability. So, now you've got students who are bilingual and get advanced math.

So does DCPS -- at Oyster and Deal. Hardy, SH and, starting next year, all MS will offer advanced math options.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what yo u mean by filter.

Language immersion gives your children something 'extra' but it isn't necessarily advanced.

They don't offer pre-Algebra or advanced literature or arts in any of the charter language immersion schools. In fact, aside from YY and LAMB, most children are not performing at grade level on PARCC.

YY & LAMB both feed DCI which filters math by ability. So, now you've got students who are bilingual and get advanced math.

Anonymous wrote:Language charters are a filter for gifted children - or at least advanced programming. That's one of the reasons everyone wants in.

No. DCPS does not do it as well.

Now how's that?

Also wonder how does montessori support gifted kids. Although I know what the generic answer would be (kids choose their own pathways and pace etc).

Not sure what yo u mean by filter.

Language immersion gives your children something 'extra' but it isn't necessarily advanced.

They don't offer pre-Algebra or advanced literature or arts in any of the charter language immersion schools. In fact, aside from YY and LAMB, most children are not performing at grade level on PARCC.

Language charters are a filter for gifted children - or at least advanced programming. That's one of the reasons everyone wants in.

No. DCPS does not do it as well.

Nothing explicitly for gifted kids in city. Charters can't give any sort of entrance exam for admissions, so the kinds of programs you see in the suburbs aren't allowed.

BASIS' curriculum is accelerated -- four levels of math available starting in 6th grade, and a number of students take their first AP exam in 8th (World History).

I have read a lot on this forum for years now about people complaining about DCPS not having a gifted and talented program or magnet schools or something like what exists in Fairfax and Montgomery Counties. But one thing I never hear is people mentioning anything about what DC charter schools offer for gifted kids (or advanced kids whatever term you want to use.) Do any of the DC charter schools offer specific programs like this for gifted students? How come we don't hear them being criticized like we do about DCPS? (I say that because even though I'm asking I am pretty sure I haven't heard of anything at DC charter schools for gifted kids....)