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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your child high performing?  If so Deal.[/quote]

Did you mean to say go private or elsewhere? Generally speaking, the core curriculum and opportunities for differentiation seem to be the same across Hardy and Deal (e.g., high school courses in algebra and geometry are offered in both, but no advanced ELA). TBH, high performers would probably be fine in either.  Some of this will depend on the luck of the draw with teachers. I think the better question is which school offers more support for students at the mid and lower end of the spectrum. [/quote]

Hardy does not have math differentiation in 6th grade, and students have to do significant online summer work to get into the track taking Algebra I in 7th grade. My understanding is that math differentiation in Deal starts in 6th. [/quote]

Hardy does (did?) have math differentiation even in 6th. Incoming students can skip ahead to 7th grade Math or higher based on assessment. There is no Algebra II offered at Hardy but maybe that will change with more demand.[/quote]

Nope. Not last year at least. Every single student who was at or above grade level was shuffled into “advanced math” for 6th grade. Not 7th grade math. As I learned in short order, “advanced math” last year meant regular 6th grade math and the “regular” 6th grade math really meant remedial math. My kid learned nothing in math, her assessments gained less than 10 points from start to end of year while pulling a straight 100 average because she was already at “mid 7th grade” per their beginning of year assessment. Waste of a year. There was no skipping higher permitted.[/quote]

Things have deteriorated since Cooke left, then! I know several kids who were in Algebra 1 in 7th and Geometry in 8th, who clearly did not take "advanced math" but straight 7th or 8th grade math in 6th grade. They were flexible enough to let a kid take Geometry in 6th a few years ago.[/quote]

I can’t compare since last year was our first year, but I suspect that’s extremely accurate. As evidenced by the many many threads on the state of Hardy last year. Hoping things start to turnaround this year….

I inquired after I realized what the math was like because my understanding was that they would accommodate advanced learning and was told no exceptions, all 6th graders would take one or the other of regular or advanced 6th grade math. The program to take algebra one this fall was extensive to “catch up” and would likely have been impossible or very difficult to complete for any children who traveled or went to sleep away camp. Plus, I think we got the letter of qualification to even try two weeks into the summer, further limiting the timeframe to complete it.[/quote]

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