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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3rd grade gifted kid is just being failed by this school system. No differentiation, no peers in their class that I can see, ridiculous low level instruction. Think 2-letter spelling tests. There are tears every night about how terrible school is and how they aren’t learning anything.

Please, any advice?  What’s a viable option? Move to Fairfax? I hear AAP is no great thing. Are there any privates that are more challenging?  Thanks for any advice or lessons learned. [/quote]

Your child is the victim of equity.

FCPS is also dumbing-down the AAP program.[/quote]

I mean, where are you?   Where in Arlington is there zero cohort of bright kid?  I’m having a very hard time believing that you are in some desert where your 3rd grader is so ahead of their classmates and they are so alone in their genius…..[/quote]

Not PP, but I don’t think people are saying their children are “so alone in their genius”, just that schools are focusing the majority of time and other resources on struggling learners.

Let’s say 75% of a class is bright and capable of tackling more challenging concepts at a faster pace. Then the teacher sticks them on iPads while she works with the others who have all been mainstreamed into classes they aren’t ready for… It’s not great.

But that’s what happens when students are promoted to the next grade level simply by age. It doesn’t matter if they’ve mastered the material these days…[/quote]

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