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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

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

We can demand that APS actually has their classroom teachers scaffold/differentiate the curriculum to meet the needs of all the students in a room rather than treating high ability or advanced kids with a "they'll be fine" mentality.  That way, high ability kids of all SES backgrounds can get access to an appropriate education, not just those whose parents can afford to pay for it elsewhere.[/quote]

Well, first, there would have to actually BE a usable elementary math curriculum available to APS teachers. Right now we don't have that. So we are making up everything, and then having to differentiate from that. [/quote]

PP here and I hear you.  Even the best of teachers have their hands tied if they are set up by the system to fail.  Incredibly frustrating for teachers and parents.[/quote]

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