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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mathnasium is where the gifted go.[/quote]

[b]If you’re gifted you don’t need Mathnasium.[/b] [/quote]

You don't if you're fine with your child not getting a year's worth of growth in math because the school is not meeting their needs.  Lots of parents of GT kids provide outside enrichment to engage their children when APS doesn't.  My child is now in middle school but the elementary school failed in meeting the needs of advanced kids, especially during the pandemic when their needs were completely ignored.  A lot of us who have the resources to do so turned to outside sources to educate our kids.[/quote]

How can we look at this through an equity lens?  [/quote]

AoPS pre-algebra is $76 for the paper book plus the online book combo. There are tons of free videos available on their site, and the Alcumus is also free.  There is nothing you can get from your school (or Mathnasium) that can compete with the math education you will get from AoPS.  They train our US math Olympiad team.

If $76 is too much, Kahn academy is free.

My 4th grader is finishing up Beast Academy Level 5 this summer then going on to AoPs pre algebra.  School math is really easy for him and I'm not bothered by that right now.  School is still overall a good experience, and by high school he'll be able to take some more interesting course work and he'll be very prepared because we took a slow and deep approach.

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