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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach AP Social Studies courses, including AP Govt. Several years ago, the Collegeboard put out a statement that they do not recommend that 9th grade students take AP courses. However, I hate to admit this, but when my kid goes to HS next year I will insist that he enroll in and many APs offered at each grade level, which including 9th. He is a smart but not overly diligent student and I think it’s good to be in the advanced courses whenever possible. Better cohort, better teachers, GPA boost, better curriculum, etc.[/quote]

That was many years ago, before College Board remembered that they like money, and started inventing lots of new APs for 9th 
grade and non-university-level courses.

https://blog.collegeboard.org/popular-ap-courses-grade

What's your plan if your non-overly-diligent student can't keep up with the curriculum and gets a B or C in the AP class instead of an A in honors? [/quote]

My neighbors hired a tutors for their 9th grader who couldn’t keep up in APUSH and honors Alg 2.  Odd to me the parents that push their kids into advanced classes they can’t handle.    [/quote]

Having a tutor does not necessarily mean that the content is too hard.  Sometimes the teaching style is not a match for the student, or they just need personal attention that they can't get in a 2500 person school with 31 students in class. [/quote]

Yes it does, unless you are dealing with a LD.  Honors and AP by their very nature are meant to be quicker or more in depth(likely both) and require more independent work to master the material.  If you constantly need a tutor you are outside of your current capability.  It doesn’t mean that will be true for every subject or forever, but it does mean that for right now.[/quote]

I’ll bite. My child had a tutor for algebra. He was fully capable of handling the material, but there was no textbook, no links to materials on the class page, and the teacher did not give homework. So how was he supposed to practice independently outside of class, and how were we supposed to support him in doing so when we had a pretty bare understanding of what was being covered in class? Maybe some kids can learn algebra and do well with just 40-minute class increments, but it doesn’t mean they can’t handle the material if they need or want additional practice outside of that and meet that through tutoring. [/quote]

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