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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Time, money, and teachers is really the answer here.

And we need to be clear, enrichment is not the same as acceleration and we shouldn't conflate the two[/quote]

I think distinguishing between enrichment vs acceleration thing is important on both the MCPS side but also the parent side, especially when it comes to math.

Yes, some kids really need acceleration.  And some parents know their kids don't really *need* acceleration but push for it anyway because they know enrichment is lousy or non-existent, so acceleration is the best option to keep their kid from being bored and disengaged, and that's honestly a reasonable thing to do under the current circumstances.  But there are also parents that insist their kid desperately needs acceleration when they just don't-- what they need is to be challenged, but there are lots of ways to do that including enrichment.

There are a lot of kids that would be better off with enrichment than acceleration.  And many others that would be fine with either.  MCPS is not wrong about that, and insisting that like 1/4 of elementary school kids desperately need math acceleration is not the answer and isn't going to get us anywhere.  The problem is that it's not okay for them to just take the acceleration away and pretend that there will be enrichment in its place but instead kids end up with nothing, or almost nothing. [/quote]

Many never got it and we’ve supplemented at home b [/quote]

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