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[quote=Anonymous][quote]We transferred out of a DC private that only offered Algebra for 8th graders into another private school (outside of DC this time) that tracks for math and offers classes beyond calculus. I don't have a problem with 8th grade algebra as long as it is challenging but our first small DC private did not have very strong math instruction in the lower grades either. 
In general, I think that the privates could do a much better job of math instruction, particularly in the lower grades.[/quote]

I see you're not about to miss the boat.

I began my formal study of algebra and geometry at the age of 10 in school in the bushes of an undeveloped country last century.  In that system one took algebra, geometry (simultaneously) and higher maths during each year of secondary school for up to 5 years [0 levels -- the British system)].  Of course, when I came to this country as a teenager I was light years ahead of my classmates in math in the public and later private systems.

By these normal standards, many decades ago, a 13 and 14-year today, just beginning the study of Algebra, will be at a global disadvantage in mathematics education.
 
 
 
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