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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^I can’t comment for last year, but in previous years, Mosaic has had 6-8 kids per year skip up in math.  [/quote]

THat's often the case with UMC kids whose [b]parents pay for outside enrichment[/b].[/quote]
Khan Academy is the only outside enrichment my kids uses, and paid nothing for using it.   Public school math teachers are more than glad to point to a ton of additional resources for outside enrichment that dont cost a penny.

You are a nutcase to believe outside enrichment costs money.[/quote]

Khan Academy works for kids who are advanced and self motivated or kids who have parents who are motivated and can help explain concepts. These kids are going to tend to be MC and UMC. A Lower SES kid is not likely to have parents that are as invested in education, because a large percentage of lower SES families have not completed high school, or parents who are invested but cannot help their child with homework. Khan is a great resource but is not going to work for a child who is struggling or does not intuitively understand math concepts.

An Advanced Math class will help a kid who is solid at math and can do faster pace math but needs more help then the self motivated kid or invested parent who can help.

While Khan is free to everyone, it still will mainly benefit MC and UMC kids and only a small percentage of lower SES kids. [/quote]

Khan helps kids who log into Khan, whether or not they are advanced. Khan's greatness is its ability to cater to learners at all levels. The ability of the parents do not, per se, affect the usability of Khan.  Obviously, multiple sources of learning (Khan, good parents, teachers, tutors, etc) build upon each other, but the singular effects of each source shouldn't be discounted. I think you are conflating spillover effects of high SES families with the direct benefits of Khan.[/quote]

But let's try to be honest. It's fine for a free service but isn't anywhere close to as good as Beast Academy or AoPS.[/quote]

Khan and youtube kept my kid reliably at the top of their math classes in FCPS. If a kid is self motivated, there isn't a math concept that isn't explained online for free. Not every kid needs their hand held or a tutor pushing them [/quote]

The sad part is how much better they might've done with actual prep like RSM or AoPS.[/quote]

They're fine with just taking multivariable in high school. Not everyone wants to be a physicist [/quote]

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