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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no 5th or 6th grader needs to be taking Algebra.  Just no need.  Let your 10 year old be 10. [/quote]

None should be compelled to. Unnecessary. But those that are ready should have the option, preferably at school. [/quote]

Very few are "ready" and most do end up feeling compelled to "stay ahead" or be in the classes with the other "smart kids." We need a study on actual outcomes of the hyper-accelerated math kids. The ones I know are all humanities majors who ended up up barely tolerating having to take another math class.[/quote]

Some are truly “ready” and capable, but it’s still questionable whether such acceleration is necessary or advisable, even for kids aiming for STEM majors at top tier colleges.

Even the founder of AOPS (which has trained all the most recent Team USA Math Olympiad squads) warns against the dangers of such [i]in-school[/i] hyper acceleration.

If anything, such acceleration is something that should be first experienced in a low-stakes context [i]outside[/i] of school to allow the curiosity and exploratory muscles time to flourish without testing and grade pressures.

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I agree.  My kid aces the standardized math testing and I would rather have him understand the material well and deeply than be super accelerated.

It is fine if he gets to AP calculus by junior year (standard track at our school is senior year).  I don’t need him to be in AP Calculus 10th grade or earlier.

[/quote] If he's acing the material then he already understands the material deeply.[/quote]

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