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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You do realize that many of the kids who are accelerated in school math have been doing exactly what you are talking about. They have been in enrichment and have been exposed to the material so it is easier for them when they see it in school. DS has been taking a math competition class since 4th grade, he had been exposed to algebra and geometry since he was in 4th grade. He has not struggled with algebra or geometry in MS. He was ready for that material in 4th grade, he never struggled with the math competition class and has always scored in the 99th percentile for grade level math competitions. He would have been fine in algebra in 6th grade because of his previous exposure.

The various math studios in the area have summer programs that introduce kids to the upcoming math concepts so that math is easier/less stressful/more manageable for kids during the school year. Some kids in math enrichment are a grade level ahead at their program which makes math at school easy.

I don’t think that taking a class at school, getting a B and expunging it is the best approach but it really isn’t that different then what some people have been doing for a while.[/quote]

I don’t want my tax dollars funding that. If you want to have your 4th grader take algebra do it on your own dime. But don’t waste resources at our public schools taking a course only to expunge it and retake it the next year for an advantage. That’s bs.[/quote]

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