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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pushy Einstein mom checking in again.  It looks like the great equalizer will be Honors Biology for all.  That looks really new to me.  Thanks to the PP who attached the Grade 9 course selection.  The support class for kids inAPUSH looks new. Is it mandatory?  I would say that the IB kids do end up forming a true cohort.  Then, there’s everybody’s else.  My DC felt that it was difficult to have friends scattered in all sorts of different academic classes.  There were downsides to having students from all different grades in math, science, and foreign language. If the school is trying to have only ninth graders in Honors Biology, that’s probably a good thing.  Most students who are college bound can handle AP gov in 10th.  It’s much easier than APUSH.[/quote]

Interesting. my kid will be in high school in the dcc in a few years. When I was in hs, only the strongest science students took bio in 9th. Everyone else took earth science/general science. Same re: the top math students were in Alg in 8th. From what I hear, this high school still tracks kids that way. Not in dc area. [/quote]

The state of Maryland has eliminated Matter and Energy for the less-advanced 9th graders.  All students take Biology, chemistry, AND physics now.  Math acceleration is the same throughout the county.[/quote]

Math is not the same at every middle school.  [/quote]

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