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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pushing kids to advance in math earlier and earlier is a race to nowhere. 6th grade algebra should be a very rare exception. [/quote]
Everyone is thinking about their own kid.  What about equity?  Parents of fast learners should be a little patient and allow the class to sail together.  If fast learners all move into Algebra 1 class in 6th grade, then that would leave the regular 6th grade math kids relatively behind.   There is a lot of equity research that says fast learners are able to learn fast because of their affluent parents.[/quote]

Education research is all bunk.  [/quote]

This is not true.  There is plenty of valid education research.  Equity research is mostly BS.

For example, the theory that standardized tests mostly measure parental income is BS.  We know this is BS because the test optional period forced on many schools by covid has given us a lot of information that we could not actually simulate.  We now know that if you have a rich kid and a poor kid with similar test scores, they have similar college performance.  If the test scores merely measured parental income then you would expect the poor kid with the good test score to outperform the rich kid with the same test score, but they don't.

I'm sure there are advantages to having well educated wealthy parents.  But every kid deserves a years worth of education for every year of attending school, even the smart children of affluent parents.[/quote]

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