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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a student who is gifted in math and science, the publics offer accelerated classes that the private schools do not.  They have large enough cohorts to offer classes beyond APs, like multivariable calc or science electives taught by NIH retirees.

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We’ve been over this already. We showed you the course catalogs from top private schools and proved that this is wrong. Do we need to rehash this?[/quote]

Apparently, we do.  The privates are not even close in math and science options, or in providing an advanced math cohort.  [/quote]

Look at the 8-9 course catalogs I posted. [/quote]
that doesn't show the number of cohorts in the class.  I stated above, my kid's HS needs two MVC classes.[/quote]

Your kid’s HS is probably 4 times larger than most private schools, so the percentage of the class in MVC is likely comparable to private, if not lower.

Simple math, my friend. [/quote]
um.. that's the point. Public schools like that will have a larger high achieving cohort than private.  More kids to make friends with.

Before we moved here, there was only one single kid who was reading at the same level as my DC (3 grades above).  When we moved here to the DC area,  half the class was reading at DC's level. It was so great for DC to have a large peer cohort.

Having a good sized high achieving peer cohort is important for those who are high achieving, and that applies to private or lower performing schools.   And btw, we used to live in a very wealthy area.[/quote]

But that doesn’t mean public schools are better at teaching math, which is the contention here. It just means they’re bigger.[/quote]

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