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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP with the kid who was skipped ahead 2 years in FCPS.  I can't imagine seeking a community college or regular college class for an ES aged kid to take high school math.  The mismatch between the kid's ability and the CC class would be huge.  On one hand, the class would mostly be remedial learners and wouldn't be rigorous enough for a highly gifted child.  On the other, there's no way my kid at age 10 would have had the maturity or executive function to sit in a class aimed at adults.

If your kid is way beyond the offerings at public school, do AoPS.  Or do RSM.  They know how to handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways.  My kid did Algebra I in 4th at AoPS academy, and it was fine.  He had to wait until 5th to take it in public school, but that was also fine, if a bit boring.  [/quote]

I've sat through AOPS classes for the online version, not sure why you assume they require less executive function than a CC class. They are geared towards different goals, CC class is meant to get students ready for subsequent science classes, AOPS problems have more depth. Also, there's nothing wrong with self study from Khan Academy, I think their Algebra 1 content is in some ways better than AOPS.

How does AOPS 'handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways' that other online classes don't? What is specifically different for an CC Algebra class that makes it inappropriate for those students? [/quote]

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