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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am always confused by this question as private schools teach advanced math.  I have two kids in private schools.  Both schools offer multivariable calculus to seniors on the regular and one school has a select few taking number theory beyond that.  I don't know of any private school that stops at regular calculus.  How much more math do you want than that?

And AP Chem as a sophomore is the norm, I think.  [/quote]

sounds like it's the fact that they don't put kids in algebra in 6th grade . . .[/quote]

The original question is “why do so few private schools offer accelerated math.”  My point is they do offer advanced math and to say otherwise is false.

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accelerated means something different, though, doesn't it? yes, they have a path to end up in the same place by senior year, but if you want your kid in algebra by 6th grade so they finish calculus by 10th, and then can take multiple advanced courses, that isn't an established track at most private schools. it's happened at our kids' school but was more an exception (although an increasingly frequent one) for kids coming into the school with advanced coursework. [/quote]

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