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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]5) math acceleration at all costs - pushed too much too soon[/quote]
This isn't really something being pushed by MCPS; it's MCPS responding to all the tiger parents out there who insist on their kid taking calculus in 11th because they mistakenly think it's going to help with college placement or be necessary to enter a STEM field (which it isn't).[/quote]

I disagree. I think if MCPS offered true honors/advanced tracking in math in ES and MS most parents would be perfectly happy keeping their kids "on level". If you have a kid who has advanced abilities in math, MCPS's answer is to immediately move them up a grade level (in the old curriculum you were moved up two grade levels). [b]Why not offer grade level work with acceleration for those who can handle it?[/b] Instead of your 5th grader taking 6th grade level math, they'd be delving deeper into 5th grade math concepts/maybe doing more project-based work, having deeper discussions in class with other 5th graders who want to be challenged at math.[/quote]

They do that. And DCUM complains about it.[/quote]

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