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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If your kid is doing 2 digit subtraction in 2nd grade, teachers can't put three digit subtraction on a choice board because that's a 3rd grade standard.  They can only give more 2 digit subtraction problems.  Kids can't work ahead.  It's an APS policy.[/quote]

We've run into this issue. I don't understand what differentiated instruction for gifted learners is supposed to mean, if not working above grade level. We use Beast Academy at home, and we love it - the idea is supposed to be that it goes deeper on SOL standards and develops mathematical intuition. But when my kid has asked her teacher for help practicing something she learned in Beast Academy, her teacher has said no, that's next year's SOL.[/quote]

I think math is probably its own separate issue, but my understanding of how APS does intensified/gifted for other subjects (at least based on theoretical options in MS) is that they are looking to expand higher level thinking/critical analysis moreso than going faster/above grade level. [/quote]

That’s just weasel words to pretend you’ve then “critical thinkings” tasks rather than developing a gifted curriculum. [/quote]

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