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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I kind of see where LCPs is going with the math , but as usual they are leaning towards too extreme.

I have a 10th grader who is finishing up AP BC calc. He started with Algebra 1 in 6th grade with a full class of 6th graders. He is now one of only TWO Children who have managed to not drop out over the years. A 90% fail rate is pretty bad. It is very clear that parents have pushed their kids beyond their abilities and wasted everyone’s time.

For 11th grade he’s taking multi variable calc. For this there is ONE class in the entire county offered at woodgrove and the rest of the students have to log into the online live class. Even then the county only has demand for one full classroom.

Tracking your child in Algebra 1 in 6th grade statically sets them up for failure. I only suggest this if your child is truly gifted in math. Like savant level. What LCPs and Virginia should do is require rigorous  testing that doesn’t allow for a waiver.

Tracking starting with Algebra 1 in 6th grade is not just a matter of having a smart hardworking child. It’s the equivalent of expecting your child to be a D1 athlete. You have to factor in true god given gifts to make it work.

Both my son and the other student will probably be the kid who gets into Harvard or MIT.[/quote]

My son also took algebra 1 in 6th grade, and geometry this year, 7th grade. His cohort of students is 8, and he and his close friends scored over 500 on the sol and finished the course with an A+. Next year, he will take algebra 2/trig at the high school I teach at. The high school students often complain the 8th graders ruin the curve. Talented students shouldn’t be denied the ability to accelerate. The gifted program is a joke, and all LCPS truly has to offer is accelerating students. [/quote]

Yeah but it’s a pain to staff A2T in middle school, and same thing for MV Calc in High school. Especially when the group of kids it affects is so tiny. Algebra in 7th is still accelerated (and technically double accelerated.)[/quote]

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