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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear one mom saying that their daughter takes Mathnasium because she wasn’t keeping up in AAP.  Another admitted that they use Kumon 3x a week or they fill that child wasn’t getting it at school. A recent dad rushed his daughter off to RSM for a class.  Two other kids we just learned have been attending a half day tutoring class every Saturday. People are doing it all over and we just were completely oblivious. [/quote]

These students shouldn’t be in AAP. If they need remediation, AAP is not for them. Math is definitely one of those contents where you need a strong foundation and since everything will build from there. Without that foundation, there will be lots of holes… sorry for those kids. Those enrichment places should be used for kids who love math and love the challenge, not for tutoring to be in AAP. I’m sure when those students get to MS their teachers will boot them to Gen Ed Math. [/quote]

These outside programs *are* the foundation, because school doesn't offer enough, and these parents don't feel comfortable administering at-home education.

Skipping ahead a year, or staying back, doesn't change the amount of immersion the school provides. Schools are afraid to give kids enough to succeed, because then they have to answer to admin when the wrong kids succeed. [/quote]

What does that even mean?

Outside programs are not the foundation. School is providing the foundation. If a student needs tutoring 3x a week because they’re behind. That’s remediation. [/quote]

My child was capable of far more instruction in math starting in Kindergarten then he was receiving. His Teacher reported that he was using negative numbers to solve her problem of the day for fun. No offense but Kindergarten math was not coming close to meeting where he was or what he was capable of. And before you suggest that is because of outside enrichment, he didn't attend and enrichment program until his COVID year because math instruction that year was even  less useful to him then normal. We read to him, we played games with him, and we taught him things at home that he was interested in.

The first time he was challenged in a math class was when he started taking a math competition class. AoPS and RSM, he switched between the two, were more interesting and he enjoyed them but the regular class did not challenge him. He wasn't bored, like he has always been in school, but he was pushed int hose classes. Math competition class introduce probability theory, number theory, higher level algebra and geometry. He loves that class.

I will agree that a child who requires tutoring to keep up with AAP does not belong in AAP, there are kids who need far more then what the schools are providing them in elementary school. We remind DS that the math at school is excellent practice and he needs to complete his in class assignments and homework because the practice will help him solidify his understanding of the material and will help him recall that information more quickly.

But enrichment is different then tutoring and what the OP is talking about is tutoring to keep up with AAP. [/quote]

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