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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At DC's school I'd estimate 75% in compacted after all the lobbying by parents was done.[/quote]

this made me LOL "parent lobbying".     I really wish parents would understand that most kids do not need to be in compact math so they are not doing them any long term favors by pushing for this.   Think ahead.  Do you really need your kid in honors algebra 2 in 9th grade and Calculus in 11th?  Generally, the answer is "no".    Certainly there are kids that can handle that (or even more), but this is the minority.  [/quote]
 
I agree. My 9th grader is taking Hons algebra 2 because their 4th grade teacher insisted on compacted math when I was thinking this probably was not the best route. They also told me EVERY kid had supplementary help - tutors, mathnasium, whatever. My kid has had tutors every grade so far for Math and we're stuck with that thru 12th I'm sure.[/quote]

Compact seemed like a joke. My kids were bored out of their minds. They constantly complained that they were going over basic fractions or multiplication that they had mastered years earlier.[/quote]

You may have kids in that top 2-3% who are math geniuses. It would be better to cater to them individually than lump them into a group where kids are struggling to keep up with the speed of it all. I do think it was originally parent driven, but the teachers and admin seem to have embraced it and keep running with it and it's not helpful.[/quote]
I think a lot of parents mistake kids being “bored”  with being advanced and not understanding that parts of math are just boring.    Some truly gifted math kids just suck it up,  do the work and self-challenge  themselves in other ways.   [/quote]

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