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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other post about rigor made me think about how we might pool our collective knowledge to help new HS parents support their kids in building a rigorous HS path outside the Magnets.

Right now, it seems like the standard guidance really short-changes kids who are ready for a challenge, particularly in 9th and 10th, with the "Honors for All" model. So, if you were helping a bright kid choose classes for 9th and 10th, what would you advise? [/quote]

It seems to me from reading previous responses that there is a theme.  There are kids/parents who want a challenging curriculum because their student is innately intellectually curious and they want to explore that.  Those kids will get joy out of learning on third party platforms, taking one off DE classes, exploring interests independently, etc.

There is a second set of kids/parents who want to maximize rigor that they can put in a college application to get into the highest school possible.  Those kids are looking for a different outcome so the answers people are giving about kids that are just intellectually curious aren’t meeting that need.

I views these as two totally different types of students.  Sometimes they overlap but certainly not by definition. [/quote]

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