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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, although DCPS already provides algebra at almost every middle school currently, it will do so in EVERY school with middle grades, whether it be a stand alone middle school or an education campus starting this coming school year. In addition to that, at 3 middle schools, where the majority of "advanced" middle school DCPS students are located (Deal, Stuart-Hobson, and Hardy), geometry is offered in 8th grade and algebra in 7th grade. This is a practice that is spreading in DCPS. So I don't agree that DCPS ignores the needs of advanced students--almost every "gifted" math student, who can take algebra in 7th grade, geometry in 8th grade, can end up taking 2 full years worth of either AP Calculus (AB and BC) or AP Statistics, or join in one of the DCPS dual college enrollment programs for their final two years of high school. I fail to see, as a DCPS employee, how that is NOT meeting the needs of advanced students. Should geometry be offered in more middle schools beyond Deal, Hardy, and Stuart-Hobson? Yes, and I have no doubt that it will. [/quote]

Your own words disprove your premise because you're acknowledging that math is the only advanced course offered by some middle schools.  If an entire school day were a sandwich, kids getting a piece of lettuce on their plates would be good enough, according to you.  Me, I'd want my kid (assuming he's hungry) to be provided the full sandwich, or at least some bread with meat, cheese and mayonnaise.  Why won't DCPS provide them with the whole sandwich?  Just lettuce isn't good enough.[/quote]

Actually MATH isn't analogous to "just lettuce" on a sandwich. And I chose it because the Peanut Gallery on here often bemoans how few advanced academic programs there are in DCPS middle schools and (almost) always use BASIS AND ITS MATH PROGRAM as a yardstick. Thus I provided you with a math example. The vast majority of academically talented math students would be very well served by taking the DCPS accelerated math approach wherein they take algebra in 7th grade and geometry in 8th grade. Does it work for every kid advanced math student? No, but it will serve the vast majority of them. Being able to take AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC or AP Calculus Statistics or a college course in math at one of DCPS' dual enrollment programs like GWU, Howard, or American should be very satisfactory.[/quote]

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