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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had 2 kids in AAP and we are at a competitive center school.  A few differences that I have noticed, but YMMV.

1) Differentiated math curriculum - AAP aims to be about 1 year ahead of GenEd for Math.  As others have noted, this may not necessarily be the case, but that is the stated goal.

2) Previously a differentiated writing/reading curriculum - AAP used to incorporate supplemental writing and reading assignments for kids.  For my older child, we noticed that she received extra assignments that some of her friends in GenEd did not.  With the newer FCPS writing/reading curriculum, this has been severely curtailed and we see much less of this.

3) On average, more experienced teachers - At least at our center school, we have noticed that, on average, the AAP teachers tend to be the more experienced, longer-tenured teachers.  I think most people would view this as a positive difference, but it is not uniformly positive, as older teachers can be more set in their ways.

4) Demographics - AAP noticeably skews heavily white and asian, even though FCPS has tried to make AAP more diverse by incorporating diversity as one of the factors in taking students into AAP.  In addition, AAP noticeably has a noticeably more well-to-do population (or, at the very least, this is my impression given the much more extravagant vacations that I have started to hear about)

5) More Academically Inclined Peer Group - I think this is probably a side effect of the types of people that AAP attracts, but we have noticed a much more academically inclined and/or nerdy peer group.  Less sports-focused and more science-math olympiad-focused.  This is relative difference and this should not be interpreted as people doing no sports.  I view this as a slight negative, as I like for my kids to be involved in sports, but this is more preference than anything.  [/quote]

OP here. Thanks for this very informative answer! [/quote]

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