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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is in the private school forum?…

My public school kid is completing Algebra II/Geometry in 7th grade.  (Normal at her school is 8th grade.)

Glad I’m not paying $50k a year to be several years behind where she is now.[/quote]

Private school math goes much deeper.[/quote]

No, private school does not go deeper. It is simply behind public.  [/quote]

"Behind" is not really the point though, is it. They are not behind if they are on track for college and what they intend to study in college. No one needs to go past calculus to attend any college, not even if they intend to study math or engineering. So they aren't "behind" anything. Yes, our private school has kids taking math beyond Calc, and they accommodate students where they are, even if it requires a 1:1 independent study. But that is not the 'norm' in any school, and this OP asked about the norm.[/quote]

You need at least calculus for a math/science major.  Normal I found for most privates is starting Algebra in 8th  But, even if they are in 9th, they can still do Calc their senior year.

To the Basis poster, that math track makes no sense.  And, I say this as a parent whose child did Algebra starting in 6th.  There is no way I'd want a year of math condensed.  We did summer classes as a prep at a private and they were too fast and some of the teachers sucked (as they do in public too but the one private one shouldn't have even been allowed to teach or qualified).

Comparing Basis to other schools makes no sense.  Doing a combined year when Algebra 2 is challenging enough makes no sense except if your child is a genius.[/quote]

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