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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every DCPS middle school will offer an accelerated math track starting next year. [/quote]

Please say more about it! Accelerated to Geometry?[/quote]

At a minimum Algebra 1 in 8th grade. If your student is ready for more, that’s something you can and should advocate for.[/quote]

That is not accelerated. That is two years behind what is offered at BASIS and the highest tracks are Deal and Hardy, and one year behind Latin, DCI, SH, EH and the others than offer Geometry by 8th. To say nothing of the vast majority of suburban schools across the country.

I would say for college bound kids, it's not advisable to go to a middle school that can only get you to algebra by 8th. The kids will be out of step with their peers when applying to college.[/quote]

The vast majority of kids at the fancy private schools take algebra 1 in 8th grade, calculus in 12, and manage to get into the "top" schools. Faster is not always better.[/quote]

+1 Better to have a solid foundation than to over accelerate. [/quote]

You are joking right to compare DCPS to private schools.  Yes private schools don’t accelerate as much and do go deeper with more challenge.  These kids are strong in math and can handle it.

Above is absolutely not the case in DCPS.  These kids can’t even do multiplication or long division let alone anything higher than that.

Public schools offer acceleration because they can’t  self select out all the kids who are at 3rd or 4th grade level math.  So they accelerate high performing kids.[/quote]

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