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[quote=Anonymous]Two different questions have emerged in this thread and a few false dichotomies.

One question involves remediation, the other acceleration.

The remediation question has two parts -- one is where do you seek help when your kid is behind (school vs Kumon) and when do you conclude that you've got the kid in the wrong school.  From a workload perspective, help from school, at least initially, makes sense in that it doesn't introduce an additional set of imperatives/objectives/requirements.  It would be oriented toward helping your DC do better on the work your DC is already expected to do.   As a first recourse, it also makes sense in terms of helping you think through the second question.  If the school can't or won't help or has a very different set of expectations for your child than you do, then that's good to know ASAP.

The second question -- acceleration -- is different.  And there the alternatives and issues are different.  One issue is where the force propelling the kid forward is coming from.  Another is what forward looks like and how you get there.  And the trade-offs aren't typically TV/videogames/the country club vs Kumon.  It's Kumon vs. camps and courses (CTY, Davidson, Duke) vs. competitions vs. projects (self-initiated, teams, family) vs. change of school (inc. grade skipping).  Or some combination of the above.

I understand the utility of Kumon for certain kinds of temporary remediation (e.g. mastering math facts).  I don't get it as an approach to acceleration unless it's the only game in town (clearly not true here).  [/quote]

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