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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a rising 6th grader in a school doing the pilot.  I think it's a terrible idea.  My eldest is entering high school and so many of their friends suffered throughout geometry last year.  I can't imagine a large number doing algebra 2 in 8th grade.  Hard pass.[/quote]

The kids who can handle Algebra 1 H, and there are a number of them who can, are not going to suffer through Geometry. They might not like it, the math is different then Algebra, but they a likely to do well in the class without it being hard. There are around 300 kids taking Algebra 2 H in 8th grade already, what this program is likely to do is cut down on the number of kids taking Geometry in the summer to get to Algebra 2 in 8th grade.

There will be kids selected who are not a great fit, it happens with Algebra 1H in 7th grade, hopefully the schools have a good mechanism for transitioning those kids back into the AAP Math class. But there are kids who will thrive in the more advanced math class. I wish this had been an option for mine.[/quote]

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