Anonymous
01/27/2024 08:35
Subject: Has anyone switched from public gifted, magnet or AAP?
Anonymous wrote:Attempting to get this thread back on track: I did jump from a well-regarded AAP school to a no-name niche Christian private. This was mainly on the grounds that the well-regarded AAP school thought it beneath them to actually *teach* anything to the kids, preferring that they spend all their time on the computer googling for cool images to put in interminable slideshows.
Among other things, the shift gave me a lot of time back in my day: I didn't feel the need to massively supplement my 99th percentile kid any more, because the school was now making sure learning was happening.
For what it's worth, the AAP kids in the public school were probably, on average, smarter and more driven.
If the public school was better and the private school was worse, I might've thought differently. But I spend an abnormal amount of time researching children's education, knew what I wanted, and knew that this particular private would offer it.
Thanks for your answer.
Anonymous
01/26/2024 21:42
Subject: Has anyone switched from public gifted, magnet or AAP?
Attempting to get this thread back on track: I did jump from a well-regarded AAP school to a no-name niche Christian private. This was mainly on the grounds that the well-regarded AAP school thought it beneath them to actually *teach* anything to the kids, preferring that they spend all their time on the computer googling for cool images to put in interminable slideshows.
Among other things, the shift gave me a lot of time back in my day: I didn't feel the need to massively supplement my 99th percentile kid any more, because the school was now making sure learning was happening.
For what it's worth, the AAP kids in the public school were probably, on average, smarter and more driven.
If the public school was better and the private school was worse, I might've thought differently. But I spend an abnormal amount of time researching children's education, knew what I wanted, and knew that this particular private would offer it.
Among other things, the shift gave me a lot of time back in my day: I didn't feel the need to massively supplement my 99th percentile kid any more, because the school was now making sure learning was happening.
For what it's worth, the AAP kids in the public school were probably, on average, smarter and more driven.
If the public school was better and the private school was worse, I might've thought differently. But I spend an abnormal amount of time researching children's education, knew what I wanted, and knew that this particular private would offer it.
Anonymous
01/25/2024 11:22
Subject: Has anyone switched from public gifted, magnet or AAP?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:With the equity movement in this country, I’m not sure fancy private school is the way to go unless you are in the donor class and have national level name recognition.
With the DEI backlash, end of affirmative action, and continued conservative Supreme Court dominance in these decisions for the next generation I would say the opposite.
Given recent admissions - I think you may not be in touch with the reality. There is no DEI backlash at colleges. Colleges still want to build diverse cohorts and they can use essays and test optional to achieve that. They don't need a race/ethnicity box on the application. (None of this is a complaint - I support diverse cohorts.)