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For the proponents of acceleration, what level of math do you expect a high school to be able to teach? TJHSST and the selective privates don't have math classes beyond 2nd year college math classes(linear algebra, differential equations, numerical analysis) because it is essentially impossible to find high school teachers able to teach material beyond that level.  As another poster noted, if everyone ends up in the same place in high school, why stress about what they could do in 3rd grade?[/quote]

I forgot to reply to this. To me it's not about "acceleration" in the sense of worrying about what math class a kid takes in middle or high school. It's more about enrichment for kids who have strong math abilities, and the purpose is more to help them develop a sense of themselves as mathematicians -- real math thinkers who can approach a problem many different ways. Successfully tackling greater challenges helps kids who are strong in math develop this sense, and builds their self-confidence in ways that just working on grade level does not.

To me it's no different from reading, and I have yet to see anyone here argue against acceleration and differentiation in reading.[/quote]

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