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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These math enrichment programs are bigger rackets and wastes of time than travel sports.  [/quote]

When we stopped math enrichment, DD’s state math scores dropped by 20%. When she enrolled for school year enrichment or summer math camp, her scores shot back up to 99 percentile. It’s only a waste of time if they are getting enough math education at school. Many kids are not. [/quote]

This. And math is so much more important now than it was 25 years ago - for most (not all) college degrees. [/quote]

But you can do math enrichment at home in about 20 min per day.  Thus allowing them to do other extracurriculars like sports and music too[/quote]

DP. Other extracurriculars fit just fine around the 30 min sessions, twice a week, at the math center after school.  On the other nights she does the math worksheets - which vary between 10-30/min each. None of that gets in the way of other activities.

Doing math at home also is fine - or even skipping it entirely if DC is lucky enough to be at a school that is effectively teaching math during class hours. [/quote]

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