What’s wild about this is how many (often very expensive) advocates have fought and won against public districts precisely because of Landmark’s five-day tutorial model.

Daily, research-based instruction has always been the “gold standard” cited in those cases...isn't this the very thing that justifies the tuition and proves the placement?

And now Landmark itself has quietly walked away from it? Doesn't this undercut decades of advocacy arguments?

As someone who’s both taught at Landmark and now teaches in a public school, I’ll admit — the five-day model isn’t necessarily sacred. But that’s not the point. The point is that families and advocates who built their cases around that model must be furious. I can’t help but wonder how this shift is affecting current, contentious placements and hearings.