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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Growing pains at the beginning as a 6th grade elementary teacher adjusted to high school policies, but since October it's been going really well. DC is learning a lot. The "70% summatives" have hurt when the tests are 10 questions right/wrong online, but I teach higher level math courses and he clearly is learning the material [b]so I'm not stressing about the Bs on assessments.[/b][/quote]

Nope because you will just expunge the grade anyway and have him repeat, right? Then you can practically guarantee an easy A next year and your kid will have an advantage from being exposed to the material already. You’re so transparent. I wish they wouldn’t allow you guys to expunge the grades. They should force you into geometry next year and so forth. Then you can get to Calculus in 10th and then what?![/quote]
Why do you want kids to have a poorer education? If you believe that taking algebra 1 a year earlier is worth it even if a student gets a B because it provides a much better foundation for 7th grade algebra than AAP 6th grade prealgebra, shouldn't you be in favor of 6th grade algebra 1 more widely accessible?[/quote]

So by your logic, your child should also then take Geometry in 7th as well and then just repeat it in 8th so they have a “better” foundation. That’s an interesting way to go about taking higher level classes. Is it possible your child wasn’t actually ready for real Algebra?

It’s a waste of everyone’s time and resources if you’re just going to repeat it the course anyway. Pre Algebra is sufficient to prepare for Algebra and has been for years. [/quote]

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