Math simply skips a grade at our school. It was a bit much for the teacher, and a bit much for our boy. We had to put in a lot of extra hours going over 3rd grade math to keep up. I am sure that it is a better program elsewhere, but at least the rest of the curriculum was balanced and appropriate for a bright child.

Anonymous wrote:Blanch it for 30 seconds first to take the bitterness out.

That's the secret!

Anonymous wrote:

I think the point is that 20% of Fairfax County kids scored in th top 2% nationally. I think statistically it seems odd.

Fairfax has perhaps the best public school system in the country. And there are a lot of bright kids. And... they prep