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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a misunderstanding among nonSTEM educators and parents that acceleration in and of itself equals challenge.  The problem in APS is that they aren’t challenging the smart kids in math through depth and instead are just pushing them up/through material more quickly.  They could go more slowly with harder problems.  [/quote]

What’s the difference between challenging students with depth and challenging them with breadth? Either way the class is harder. I do think that depth is better but a challenge is a challenge. [/quote]

I guess the difference is what you believe the point of an education is.  If your goal is to go fast and take as many tests as possible, forget it, and move on to your life, then the APS track is for you.  If your goal is a rich and deep understanding of the material that may lead to a lifelong curiosity and ability to challenge conventional thinking, then the kind of challenge I am talking about is for you.   [/quote]

That is completely different than saying that acceleration in and of itself doesn’t offer a challenge. It most certainly does. And I am not going to ask that my child be bored in math for years on the off chance that the non-accelerated track will be more likely to lead to lifelong curiosity in math.

I do understand that acceleration lends itself to more shallow knowledge, and deep knowledge is better than shallow. But I am honestly not sure that a kid in general ed even gets a deeper knowledge of the material (have you been to an APS math class?), and I am also okay with my child graduating from high school with a shallow knowledge of calculus. If they need a deeper knowledge of the material they can retake it in college like I did. [/quote]

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