Pros
The kids are great...if you actually have a chance to get to know them.
Cons
DP is such a disappointing and embarrassing excuse of an education for both teachers and students. Administration was looking to hire a new teacher during the middle of the year, and were overheard saying they preferred someone without an education background and/or no experience. WHY? So they wouldn't know any better when they see the kind of working environment and educational setting Democracy Prep has created. During my time there, I saw four teachers resign. Three of which were education majors. Reading test scores from the previous year had DECLINED, yet they still used the same curriculum and recycled lesson plans the following year. Your lesson plans are scripted and not created based on student's needs. Kids are expected to stay silent %95 of the day, some of that time includes lunch. The students are lacking social skills developmentally because of this and don't know how to problem solve or handle conflict in social situations. There is no creativity, just militant, repeated, empty busy work. This is in no way, shape or form how a school should be run. It truly saddens me for the students that are there attending.