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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do we reconcile MoCo's typically high SAT and AP scores with the poor math complaints?[/quote]

I am having trouble with some of the comments in this thread.  When I have looked at the colleges that Gtown Prep kid attend and that the W-schools attend, I see similar results.   Some kids get into Ivies, some go to good state schools, then a bunch go to other small colleges of varying quality.   I have seen SAT scores in public schools get to pretty high levels, but of course there is a wide distribution.

I also know a lot of private kids that are 'all-in' on travel sports and I don't see how they could keep up with some of the public or private kids that go to academic camps like CTY and participate in other more academic activities like Math Teams, robot teams, etc.

Ultimately, kids have different abilities, different work ethics and different interests that will lead them to different places on the math scale.  I can't believe that public or private will make a difference over some of these other factors.

As for 2.0, my DS will be taking it next year in 7th grade.  The MS announced that they would put up a math packet, but I haven't seen it yet.  This speaks to the poor rollout of the curriculum.  Even if this is the greatest program ever and they eventually work out the details, this is just a criminal way to teach the current cohort of kids.  I really hate Bill Gates and all these reformers (especially the ones who cram down this junk on public school kids while sending their kids to some private school with a different curriculum).[/quote]

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