Why do so few private schools offer accelerated math?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

I think OP is complaining that algebra isn't available for 6th graders at most private schools (also not for public, but hey, why look at facts).

If OP’s kid is talented enough, it is. It’s just not publicized as an option because it would create a mass stampede of tiger parents…I can hear the frantic clicks of the emails being typed right now! “My kid needs to be in this class!!! Or they will never get into a good college!!!”

Drafting an email now …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

Does this mean that Algebra 2 and Physics are the routine courses for ninth graders at your kids' school? But your kids are in the "honors/highest" level of the tracks? And geometry is standard in 8th grade? And is accelerated different from advanced?

I think different schools just plot their courses differently. Our friends' kid is at NCS and I remember her telling me they take physics in 9th grade (which seemed odd to me, based on my own experience a million years ago in a different state, with bio in 9th, Chem in 10, Physics in 11, and AP options in 12 as the "accelerated" track -- most kids took Bio in 10).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

I think OP is complaining that algebra isn't available for 6th graders at most private schools (also not for public, but hey, why look at facts).

If OP’s kid is talented enough, it is. It’s just not publicized as an option because it would create a mass stampede of tiger parents…I can hear the frantic clicks of the emails being typed right now! “My kid needs to be in this class!!! Or they will never get into a good college!!!”

I called around to a bunch of schools and was told no. They allow it at some schools for summer but when we do that my kid is far younger than most. If kids are not going to be stem majors speeding it up is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

Does this mean that Algebra 2 and Physics are the routine courses for ninth graders at your kids' school? But your kids are in the "honors/highest" level of the tracks? And geometry is standard in 8th grade? And is accelerated different from advanced?

I think different schools just plot their courses differently. Our friends' kid is at NCS and I remember her telling me they take physics in 9th grade (which seemed odd to me, based on my own experience a million years ago in a different state, with bio in 9th, Chem in 10, Physics in 11, and AP options in 12 as the "accelerated" track -- most kids took Bio in 10).

This is slightly off topic, and it doesn't make sense to me either, but there seems to be a growing shift to move physics to 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

May I ask which school this is? Not trying to troll just curious!!

It's a troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

Does this mean that Algebra 2 and Physics are the routine courses for ninth graders at your kids' school? But your kids are in the "honors/highest" level of the tracks? And geometry is standard in 8th grade? And is accelerated different from advanced?

I think different schools just plot their courses differently. Our friends' kid is at NCS and I remember her telling me they take physics in 9th grade (which seemed odd to me, based on my own experience a million years ago in a different state, with bio in 9th, Chem in 10, Physics in 11, and AP options in 12 as the "accelerated" track -- most kids took Bio in 10).

This is slightly off topic, and it doesn't make sense to me either, but there seems to be a growing shift to move physics to 9th grade.

Interesting. Doesn’t even basic physics need Algebra II and Trig as a pre-req? That’s where you learn about parabolas and sin/cos etc. right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

Does this mean that Algebra 2 and Physics are the routine courses for ninth graders at your kids' school? But your kids are in the "honors/highest" level of the tracks? And geometry is standard in 8th grade? And is accelerated different from advanced?

I think different schools just plot their courses differently. Our friends' kid is at NCS and I remember her telling me they take physics in 9th grade (which seemed odd to me, based on my own experience a million years ago in a different state, with bio in 9th, Chem in 10, Physics in 11, and AP options in 12 as the "accelerated" track -- most kids took Bio in 10).

This is slightly off topic, and it doesn't make sense to me either, but there seems to be a growing shift to move physics to 9th grade.

Biology involves more and more chemistry.
Less abstract physics can be a good HS start to science and math.

WRT some of the public school gifted programs/accelerated programs, I’ve seen kids who are deep questioners taunted for asking questions the rest of the class dismissed as “already covered.” They didn’t get nuanced understanding of the kid asking questions. This isn’t every kid everywhere, of course. I’ve also seen public school HS kids excel when they had to, essentially teach themselves. Better quality public schools often have better teachers. It’s hard to watch the inequity in public schools. No one answer. Find the school that fits your kid snd their interests. Math and science vary school up school, with both public and private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a troll post, but I’ll post anyway, just for posterity.

Private high school freshman is taking accelerated algebra 2 and honors physics, and a seventh grader taking advanced algebra 1.

Those are the normal accelerated tracks for their grade. There are a handful of kids who take more advanced maths in their grades, but it’s rare.

If your kid is really THAT advanced in math, private school seems like a much easier place to work with rather than public school. If the kid is ready, they make it happen.

Does this mean that Algebra 2 and Physics are the routine courses for ninth graders at your kids' school? But your kids are in the "honors/highest" level of the tracks? And geometry is standard in 8th grade? And is accelerated different from advanced?

I think different schools just plot their courses differently. Our friends' kid is at NCS and I remember her telling me they take physics in 9th grade (which seemed odd to me, based on my own experience a million years ago in a different state, with bio in 9th, Chem in 10, Physics in 11, and AP options in 12 as the "accelerated" track -- most kids took Bio in 10).

This is slightly off topic, and it doesn't make sense to me either, but there seems to be a growing shift to move physics to 9th grade.

Interesting. Doesn’t even basic physics need Algebra II and Trig as a pre-req? That’s where you learn about parabolas and sin/cos etc. right?

A lot of schools I know are moving to "physics first" because it's now an easier course than biology. I remember my HS biology course well, and my son's course had almost nothing in common with it. Instead of being centered on material like classification of organisms or anatomy of a frog, it was heavily math-based. Biochem, I guess?