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Anonymous wrote:Actually, high non-verbal abilities do correlate to success in STEM

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262917205_Visual-Spatial_Ability_Important_in_STEM_Ignored_in_Gifted_Education

tell that the private school stem kids that after grades 4-9 got heavy mark-ups and feedback on their writing for years and now are fantastic writers and asperger-like genius in their math and sci classes.

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Are you talking about CES kids having C's and D's currently in the 5th grade class? Or are you talking about 6th grade kids at the middle school who used to be CES kids?

I could see some kids being cocky enough to only focus on science and math that early. Private school would flunk them.

There's a BoE Appeal ongoing right now where a teacher didn't grade a kid's homework and the complaint alleges graded homework was lowered in the official record from A's to C's and D's according to the FOIA data. The kid is asian, btw.

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Anonymous wrote:Ces kids don’t do humanities homework only Science and math?? How’s their grammar and writing feedback then?

Take this with a grain of salt, because I am not confident DC is a reliable reporter, but he claims the humanities teacher stated many students currently have Cs and Ds in her class this quarter because they're not turning in their essay assignments. Dc believes those kids only care about the Math and Science units.

Are you talking about CES kids having C's and D's currently in the 5th grade class? Or are you talking about 6th grade kids at the middle school who used to be CES kids?

I could see some kids being cocky enough to only focus on science and math that early. Private school would flunk them.

Or they are 9 -11 year olds who are not focused on grades and not mature enough to have terrific study habits.
The admissions process for the CES are different from the processes for MS and HS (at least in years past). Study habits and grades matter more because the work load and expectations are higher in MS and HS magnet programs and they want kids who are not just smart but who are willing and eager to do the work. When you are evaluating kids in 3rd grade it is harder to get a good read on this and I think perhaps it does not matter so much as such a young age. They are looking for kids with promise and interest.

Are you talking about CES kids having C's and D's currently in the 5th grade class? Or are you talking about 6th grade kids at the middle school who used to be CES kids?

I could see some kids being cocky enough to only focus on science and math that early. Private school would flunk them.