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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

My kids experienced none of this and their Title 1 DCPS PK experience was a magical wonderland. That changes later, but I would recommend the PK wholeheartedly.

Also agree that there is one poster declaring this repeatedly.

I am not a poster that has declared this repeatedly (first time posting on this subject) but we experienced two different DCPS PK programs, both of them pretty highly regarded, and they were night and day in terms of incorporating play-based learning. I wouldn't have understood this if we hadn't had the comparison point of the other program. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know!

Sure, there may be variation between people grams depending on teaching styles. But the PP is claiming that DCPS central office is forcing "worksheets, homework, math, screens, and testing" on PK classrooms. That's flatly wrong, as my kids are currently in a Title 1 PK and there is none of that except math, in that kids sing counting songs and are encouraged to play sorting games that help them learn to count, recognize shapes, etc. Play-based math. There are no screens or homework, and the only "testing" I know of is the evaluation teachers give to check for K readiness, which is done to ensure kids get extra support for pre-literacy or other K-readiness factors.

If there are PKs in the city using screens and doling out homework and not engaging the kids in free play, those are choices being made at the teacher or school level and not consistent with our experience at all. Obviously a good idea to visit schools and talk to them about their teach by philosophy before you enroll, but no, DCPS is not forcing PK teachers to drill and test their kids or use screens in classrooms.

Anonymous wrote:This is like a data driven swami! How fun!🤩

Pretty sure this is just swami. I'm pretty sure I know her too.

Hi OP - here's our list for PK3, no preferences:

Appletree Spring Valley
Marie Reed
HD Cooke
John Lewis
Dorothy Height
Military Road Early Learning Center
Hyde-Addison
Brightwood
John Francis
Stevens Early Learning Center
Sheperd
Apple Tree - Columbia Heights

OP here, AKA the Lottery Nerd -

I think I'm all caught up (still waiting on a clarification from the poster who didn't tell me which Appletree, but besides that) so if I missed one, let me know!

Anonymous wrote:Latin either campus 9th grade equitable access?

OP here:

If you do this order:

Latin 2nd Street - 9% (and this has been trending up)
Latin Cooper - 43% (based on one year of data)

The other way:

Latin Cooper - 52%
Latin 2nd Street - 0%

Anonymous wrote:Is this thread still alive? Would love to play! PK3, in bounds for Maury, would prefer not to move schools after the first day! ATLP historical waitlist looks promising, but I believe next year they may only have one PK3 class so significantly fewer spots compared to last year.
1. SWS
2. Maury (IB preference)
3. Apple Tree Lincoln Park
4. Two Rivers 4th St
5. Inspired Teaching
6. JOW
7. CHML

OP here:

1. SWS - 2%
2. Maury (IB preference) - 12%
3. Apple Tree Lincoln Park - 45%
4. Two Rivers 4th St - 0%
5. Inspired Teaching - 0%
6. JOW - 14%
7. CHML - 0%
Nothing - 27%

I did not adjust for any classroom changes at Apple Tree, so if you're right then that's an over estimate that would increase your likelihood of landing at JOW.

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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

My kids experienced none of this and their Title 1 DCPS PK experience was a magical wonderland. That changes later, but I would recommend the PK wholeheartedly.

Also agree that there is one poster declaring this repeatedly.

I am not a poster that has declared this repeatedly (first time posting on this subject) but we experienced two different DCPS PK programs, both of them pretty highly regarded, and they were night and day in terms of incorporating play-based learning. I wouldn't have understood this if we hadn't had the comparison point of the other program. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know!

Care to name the schools so parents can have it as a datapoint?

Anonymous wrote:Update! Stokes Brookland and willing to move.

Anonymous wrote:PK3
1. Yu Ying
2. DC Bilingual
3. LAMB
4. Stokes Spanish
5. MV8
6. MVP
7. Stokes French

OP here:

1. Yu Ying - 19%
2. DC Bilingual - 0%
3. LAMB - 0%
4. Stokes Spanish - 0%
5. MV8 - 10%
6. MVP - 65%
7. Stokes French - 0%
Nothing - 6%

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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

My kids experienced none of this and their Title 1 DCPS PK experience was a magical wonderland. That changes later, but I would recommend the PK wholeheartedly.

Also agree that there is one poster declaring this repeatedly.

I am not a poster that has declared this repeatedly (first time posting on this subject) but we experienced two different DCPS PK programs, both of them pretty highly regarded, and they were night and day in terms of incorporating play-based learning. I wouldn't have understood this if we hadn't had the comparison point of the other program. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

My kids experienced none of this and their Title 1 DCPS PK experience was a magical wonderland. That changes later, but I would recommend the PK wholeheartedly.

Also agree that there is one poster declaring this repeatedly.

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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

My kids are at one of the named ECE programs and it has none of these things. I am a little bit skeptical of the single poster in that thread insisting this is everywhere while almost every other poster says it’s not their experience.

FWIW ECE will no longer be run as centrally — at least not in non-T1 schools. ECE coaches are gone, for example. So even if they were going to try to institute this, good luck now. Our school is leaning into Reggio-related coaching and curriculum as the replacement.

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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

In whats schools has this been implemented specifically?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

Nope, worksheets, homework, math, screens, testing.

It’s pretty ridiculous in ECE what is coming down from central

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1312777.page

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

PP is wrong, all DCPS PKs are play based, including JOW. DCPS is pretty amazing across the board for PK because they have very high standards for the teachers -- the vast majority have a masters in early childhood education.

I do think DCPS is more academic in K than some charters (depends on the charter).

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Anonymous wrote:Is JOW, LT, Maury and others not play based?

They are very play based, especially in PK3.

The title 1 schools tend but to be and what PP was alluding to with JOW

Typo not