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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And don’t talk to me about STEM magnet programs because private school kids go to those as well. I mean non-magnet.[/quote]

Very few, if any in most years. Private school kids are usually much farther behind at that point.  [/quote]

It's harder from private to Magnet due to gap being too large. Some may still make it but it's rare.[/quote]

It's rare because people generally don't apply.

In our tiny little Catholic school with a class of 24 students, one student applied and got into a magnet (Poolesville).  The others didn't apply to magnets because they are mainly interested in private school education, in most cases specifically Catholic.  Most got into the top Catholic high schools in the area, including Georgetown Prep, Stone Ridge, and Visitation.[/quote]

This is one example. it's hard to form a AIM level math in private due to such tiny numbers. there may be just 1 or 2 students who would be able to handle that level. It's just a distribution curve.

I don't think private or public is better in all cases. Different kids have different need. [/quote]

I hate to break it to you, but math is not the only subject taught in school.  As mentioned in another post, MCPS does English really badly, so you may think it's great you are getting great math instruction, but your English instruction is lacking.

That said, my tiny Catholic school had half of its 8th graders in higher level math who entered 9th grade doing Algebra 2 with one entering in pre-calc.  These kids would be fine in magnet schools. The other half mainly entered 9th in geometry...maybe one or two in Alg. I.  These kids didn't just get pushed into it either.  They all had to have assessments in their new private schools in order to place into those classes.  And guess what...they also have exemplary reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills that are lacking in public schools.

I will point out that while we are talking about W schools here, the rankings of DC area schools by Niche place only one W school in the top 20, and that is Whitman.  There are two other public schools in the top 20 -- Thomas Jefferson and Poolesville.  The rest are all private schools.  I rest my case.  https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

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Not the PP.

Well, it looks like your tiny catholic is an exception. I am private school teacher in well regarded private and it's not the norm.[/quote]

Whether or not it is the norm, there are lots of kids in private schools who are advanced in math.  My daughter is one of them.  And in reality, these kids are in much better shape than public school because most of the Catholic schools stayed during the pandemic, so their curriculum is not pared down like the public schools have had to do.  If my kid, who is now doing pre-calc in 10th grade, took the same class in a W school, I guarantee you, she will be bored out of her mind.  Her private HS was very methodical about making sure any kid who entered advanced math proved in their assessment they could handle the material.  If not, they repeated the prior math course.  I know for a fact, MCPS is pushing kids through without placement testing and it's a disaster.[/quote]

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