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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the thoughtful responses. I'm not a troll, but I am at least a little self-critical insofar as I am worrying about my child's education, rather than the many other substantial problems around town / the world.

Anyway, We are already committed, because we really like the school, works well for our location, etc., but we still have to figure out at least two things.

First, do we look for supplemental math instruction, if we would like our children to have the ability to choose careers that require lots of analytic work; second, to the extent parents can influence the direction of the school (presumably there are other threads on this), are we better telling the administration 'Gee, you know best' or 'Gee, I wonder if the kids would be better off with more work.'

04:02, you suggest that what is characterized to me as 'low rigor' is actually evidence-based - I would love if you could point me to the evidence (e.g., scholarly work). There are of course more than a dozen schools of education at which folks study this full-time, but it doesn't really seem like there is much consensus.

I wonder if math is relatively better in public schools, because it is less labor-intensive to teach/grade, vs. compared to writing or presentation skills.
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