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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To raise the standard of public school education in the U.S., which is quite desparately needed, and to better prepare students for STEM or any other career path, it seems to me that the AAP curriculum should be the norm, and not an exception to the Gen Ed curriculum. Instead of using the NNAT, CoGat and the myriad alphabet-soup test scores to select students for the AAP, the schools should instead pull out students with low (say 1 standard deviation below the mean) scores for remedial or what's currently considered Gen Ed curriculum. I think most children would thrive well in and actually [b]enjoy a challenging AAP curriculum[/b] and learn more in such a system. Frankly, most students feel bored and unchallenged in the current Gen Ed curriculum, and some wander off into other pursuits as a result. The proposed system will save parents (and, implicitly, their children) the tremendous agony and desperation that is evident in posts in the AAP forum, and the über and über testing (WISC, SB, ...) to supersede the scores in the previous tests.[/quote]

what is with this constant discussion of AAP curriculum? Except math perhaps, the curriculum is about the same. The difference is the kids themselves which allows more thoughtful discussion and the classes can move ahead faster. Even if everyone was in AAP, you'd soon see a sorting out with some moving ahead and some falling well behind. Then you'd be right back to the need to serve the academically advanced who are capable of moving ahead faster. [/quote]

Very good point 2nd poster.[/quote]

Is the curriculum the same though? Do they read the same books in GE and AAP? Do they both do presentations and have socratic seminars?  Do all the children use the William and Mary materials? I'm sincerely asking. One of my children may not get into AAP and I'm wondering how the curriculum differs and whether or not GE kids can handle the AAP curriculum at a slower pace. The OP said all children should be given the AAP curriculum. I'm wondering if they do this now at a slower pace or if it's an entirely different focus in general ed. Most of the posters here can't seem to stay on the topic. They write about how great it is for GE and AAP to be separate and how each child's needs are met, but they really aren't talking about whether or not the general ed kids can handle the AAP curriculum which is what the OP suggested.[/quote]

The principal of our center school told us that every child in that school could do the AAP curriculum.  It's not rocket science, it's the same information the GE classes get.  The pace may be quicker, especially with math, but otherwise, it's nothing out of the ordinary.[/quote]

the pace, the depth, the quality of the discussion ...[/quote]

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