If your child took Algebra 1 in 6th grade..

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Anonymous wrote:PP - I mean name a low income school without a magnet program or special programs that offers Algebra 1 for 6th grade

They have been named before. They are down county. Why don't you believe it happens? Its the lottery school that do it to get the kids to come to their schools to boost the test scores.

Funny how you assume the lottery schools have it. My kid is in the STEM lottery school and no, we do not have Algebra 2.

If you actually know of a school, name it.

Alg 1 in 6th is not Alg 2.

Depending on the year and the students, Alg 2 (or Precalculus!) might be provided via bus to high school in 8th, after Alg 1 in 6th.

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Anonymous wrote:Who takes Algebra I in 6th grade? Doogie Howser? School has really gotten insane since I was in school in the 1990s. If you were on an accelerated path you took Algebra I in 8th instead of 9th so you could take Calculus your senior year in high school. This is what I did, and I have a Ph.D. in science! Things must be tough on kids today.

Its pretty normal. About 25-50 kids at our MS took it. Kids choose it.

There is no school in MCPS with more than 25 6th graders in Alg 1 in the same year.

Ours did.

I don't believe you. It doesn't stand up to observable evidence n

Where are these kids disappearing to after Algebra 1 in 6th?

Why aren't any of these dozens of hyper accelerated students doing any middle or high school math contests and scoring anywhere near the level of (some) kids 1-2 grades below them school?

They aren't filling Blair/Poolesville SMCS Functions or even SMCS "Precalculus with Algebra 2" (because their aren't nearly enough seats to fit them.

And if they are somehow taking SMCS "Precalculus with Algebra 2", what was the point of taking Alg 2 in 8th?

What other high school has 25+ kids in Calculus in 10th and then off to offsite college math in 12th?

And if they are all slowing down in HS to avoid running out of math (Calc AB + BC, or AP Stats, or both), what was the point of rushing ahead early on shaky foundation?

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Anonymous wrote:Who takes Algebra I in 6th grade? Doogie Howser? School has really gotten insane since I was in school in the 1990s. If you were on an accelerated path you took Algebra I in 8th instead of 9th so you could take Calculus your senior year in high school. This is what I did, and I have a Ph.D. in science! Things must be tough on kids today.

Its pretty normal. About 25-50 kids at our MS took it. Kids choose it.

There is no school in MCPS with more than 25 6th graders in Alg 1 in the same year.

Ours did.

I don't believe you. It doesn't stand up to observable evidence n

Where are these kids disappearing to after Algebra 1 in 6th?

Why aren't any of these dozens of hyper accelerated students doing any middle or high school math contests and scoring anywhere near the level of (some) kids 1-2 grades below them school?

They aren't filling Blair/Poolesville SMCS Functions or even SMCS "Precalculus with Algebra 2" (because their aren't nearly enough seats to fit them.

And if they are somehow taking SMCS "Precalculus with Algebra 2", what was the point of taking Alg 2 in 8th?

What other high school has 25+ kids in Calculus in 10th and then off to offsite college math in 12th?

And if they are all slowing down in HS to avoid running out of math (Calc AB + BC, or AP Stats, or both), what was the point of rushing ahead early on shaky foundation?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - I mean name a low income school without a magnet program or special programs that offers Algebra 1 for 6th grade

They have been named before. They are down county. Why don't you believe it happens? Its the lottery school that do it to get the kids to come to their schools to boost the test scores.

Funny how you assume the lottery schools have it. My kid is in the STEM lottery school and no, we do not have Algebra 2.

If you actually know of a school, name it.

Alg 1 in 6th is not Alg 2.

Depending on the year and the students, Alg 2 (or Precalculus!) might be provided via bus to high school in 8th, after Alg 1 in 6th.

Are we talking about the same thing? I was talking about how wealthy Potomac schools offer Algebra 2 in 8th grade and you or someone else responded that low income schools offer it too. Unless you meant your school offered Algebra 1. Yeah, that is not a problem since every middle school offers Algebra 1 and Honors Geometry as an advanced track now. Only the wealthy schools offer Algebra 2 in 8th. Low or medium income schools have to bus the kids somewhere else.

I am looking for the name of any low income school that does not offer a magnet program but offers Algebra 2 in 8th. I cannot find even one. Even Argyle and Parkland that are Stem while school magnets do not offer Algebra 2 in 8th grade

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