math supplement in private school
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Anonymous
| My elementary school kid is doing RSM after school for math enrichment. Most of his classmates attend a mix of public and private schools. I wonder if most kids in private school also do math supplements and whether they continue to do so through middle school. I think the school's math is fine, regardless of whether it's private or public (although it is annoying that one has to do this in private school as well), but it doesn't provide nearly as many opportunities to really understand math well or to challenge students with problem-solving. Will this be better in a private school, especially middle school? |
Anonymous
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It really depends on your school. My kid in private elementary school does math supplement during school hours every other day. There is a math specialist who works with the kids wired for advanced math.
If math is an interest of your kid, you should probably do it outside school as well. |
Anonymous
Quick answer : no. Math in the US educational system is very weak, and that’s why a large number of students in STEM degrees are foreigners. |
Anonymous
No means they don't supplement? I think RSM is hopeful. The only hope left for the weak Math education here. |
Anonymous
That sounds very good. Which school is this? |
Anonymous
| We are at Beauvoir and have been supplementing math since Kindergarden. There’s just no appetite to push kids who are ahead- it’s a problem bigger than math but that’s where we are focusing supplementing. |
Anonymous
Can I ask what do you do to supplement? We are considering RSM |
Anonymous
| Privates are at least a year behind publics in Maryland. Eureka is a year ahead of the Bridges and Saxon math curriculums for on level classes, 2 years ahead of kids in compacted math in MCPS |
Anonymous
Privates are not a year behind. Public’s are ahead in name only. Privates go more in depth with the material. Or at least they do in our private high school. |
Anonymous
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I wouldn't worry about it too much unless your kid goes to school abroad. US college math is easy. Every single American student struggled in Spanish class.
RSM will not help against international students, but definitely keep it going. |
Anonymous
Been there, done that, neither is good. It is a lost cause. Please do RSM to keep the kid up to internatonal standard. |
Anonymous
| AOPS vs RSM vs Mathnasium etc? Any opinions? |
Anonymous
| Mathnasium is a worksheet farm, drilling and repeating. RSM has three levels per grade plus two competition levels starting in 4th, old school no screen math with very early algebra intro - my 3rd grader was simplifying equations like 3x(2x-5) - 4(2c+6). Aops is similar to higher levels RSM and has a digital component, I believe only one level per grade. I also would recommend online self paced Beast academy if below 3rd grade - it is excellent!!! |
Anonymous
Plenty of posts on this topic here on this forum, do a search. AOPS is for kids who love math. RSM is to teach kids to do math better. But the real problem is that the AOPS in-person center is in Gaithersburg, so if you don't live out there, it is too far, whereas RSM has several locations near DC. I suppose a kid can do RSM for a few years, and if they really have the appetite to be very advanced, can try AOPS. |
Anonymous
Privates love this “we go deeper”taking point. It’s so tiresome. In our experience, that meant our DC and others were bored and wanted/could do more |