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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your post is giving me anxiety, my kids are in elementary. So are you saying that we should invest in math tutors?[/quote]

Unless you can do it yourself YES[/quote]

DH and I both majored in STEM and are very strong in math. My kids always did well in math in elementary. We never did math tutoring for them. When my oldest took Algebra in 7th grade, he struggled. He had a B and just couldn’t get an A. He lacked math foundation despite always getting good grades in math. Granted he just came out of covid. We got him a math tutor and he pulled his grade up to an A.

Now my second kid is in 7th grade and also getting Bs in Algebra. I think there was a learning gap between elementary and algebra. We got him a math tutor and now he is getting A pluses on his tests.

We have a third child in elementary. She is also doing well in math. We are considering putting her in some sort of math problem so she gets strong math fundamentals.

I thinj there is a problem with how math is taught in elementary. I went to a school meeting recently and my 7 year old does most math on the computer. I asked the teacher about paper and she said they do small group math centers. My friend has a 9 year old daughter who was also getting good grades in math. Recently she had a bad assessment and upon doing some more digging, my friend was really upset to learn that her daughter does not have basic math fundamentals. They play math games at school. Parents don’t see paper quizzes. Our school has a no homework policy. It is a real problem. [/quote]

My kid started 7th grade at age 11 so there was no way I would let him take algebra.  His math teacher said that her own kids will take algebra in eighth grade because of brain development and the way they understand abstract concepts (less important for algebra but for the higher courses).  My son is getting an a in pre-algebra honors and that's just fine by us.  He of course plays three instruments and does a travel sport :)[/quote]

We are in FCPS and it seems the normal track for an AAP student is algebra in 7th grade. You need high grades, advanced pass on SOL and a high score on the IAAT (96th percentile I think). I didn’t push my kids to be in algebra. That was what the teacher recommended and what the vast majority of their AAP peers were doing. These same kids are the ones who load up on AP classes in high school.[/quote]

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