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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this post is eye-opening! I went to a regular (well-rated) public high school in New England, no G&T or Kumon, but managed to get strong enough in math such that I eventually aced my math and engineering classes at MIT. I doubt the kids in AAP are less intelligent than I was - so I guess the quality of curriculum and instruction has deteriorated??[/quote]

G&T or AAP aren’t typically found in school districts in the northeast. The standards are rigorous enough. If a student is way ahead in math they usually just send them to the next grade for math only. There typically isn’t “gen ed” or “aap” in the elementary schools in the northeast. All students are held to the same rigorous standards. Teachers differentiate as needed for those who need intervention or enrichment to master those standards... just like down here. Even in AAP you’d be amazed by the different levels these kids are at. I say just give them all the same rigorous standards throughout elementary school and stop this nonsense. It’s totally a status thing... “I can afford COGAT tutors and math classes to get my child way ahead so they can be in AAP and you can’t do you’re child is just gen ed!” It’s weird for someone from New England. But keep it this way if that’s how it just works in VA... I didn’t come here to change your ways. [/quote]

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