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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid came from DCPS to private and the math has been MUCH harder in private.  He took Algebra 2 in DCPS middle school but it was a joke--very surface level class. He took Algebra 2 honors (as a do-over) in 9th grade in private and it was like he had never seen the material before.  Now as an upperclassmen what he is learning in math is much harder than what his friends are doing at Jackson Reed.  They study together.

MCPS and FCPS are probably much different but in our experience, DCPS math instruction is a joke.  [/quote]

Was this during Covid? Not sure I agree with it being a joke. Perhaps it was the particular school or particular teacher. I have found my kid’s math instruction to be good. I occasionally will provide extended explanation because I have a PhD in mathematics.[/quote]

It was Covid but also now. 
My kid's BFF is taking pre-calculus at JR and my son is taking honors pre-calculus at a Big3 private.  The tests are light years more difficult at the private ---there'e nothing on the tests that was seen before in class--it's all application of things at a deeper level. I've compared and contrasted these exams all year (the kids are neighbors are study together and the other parent and I are friends--and we were both math majors so have personal interest).

This is no dig on DCPS--I have 2 kids who attend there, including one who will start JR next fall.  But what is being asked of kids in the private is just very different. [/quote]

Meh. The curriculum (at least at Sidwell) can't be all that challenging. Practically no one qualified for AIME this fall through AMC-10 or 12.[/quote]

Maybe Sidwell calculus is light years ahead of JR or maybe not. Does it even matter that much.
My son went to JR and topped out at Calc BC. Went on to Yale from there and went straight into Multivariable calculus followed by Linear Algebra. Got an A in both classes without too much effort. [/quote]

It doesn’t matter. Classes beyond BC and taking calculus in 10th grade is more about parents wanting to believe their school is super rigorous than anything else. It isn’t necessary for any student, even STEM majors, and colleges don’t care.

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