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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honors is open to all - it is in middle school. No math testing is needed in middle school, and it should be the same in elementary school.

VA should be more like NY. Regents and non-regents. One is harder material for those going to college. The other is more business focused for house going into technical training or non-college related fields of work.

GE is basically a wash for any high-achieving child. Any parent who has a hard-working child with smarts is going to push for AAP. 
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I had one child in AAP.  Our second child is very bright and hard-working, but wasn't in-pool.  We didn't push for AAP for this child because the whole system seems completely blown out of proportion - too many pushy parents, kids who think they're superior just because they got into AAP, and a whole lot of busy work.  It would be great if Gen Ed was a more challenging curriculum, but after having one child go through AAP, we realized the AAP curriculum isn't what we had in mind (project after project isn't our idea of an "advanced curriculum").  We just decided to do a lot of supplementing at home and it's been working out great.  In fact, I'd say this child has gotten a better, more focused education than the one who was in AAP.

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