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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty much none of the area private schools offer 8th grade advanced algebra.  If your kid is a perfect fit for Basis or has rights to Deal and is strong at math, great do advanced algebra.  But labeling that a non-negotiable for  a good enough middle school for academically minded families seems like cherry-picking an arbitrary data point or moving the goalposts.[/quote]

Yes, parents get obsessed with accelerated math but there's little evidence that it's key to string academics. Most well regarded private schools focus on mastery over acceleration. A true math whiz will be able to work ahead on their own anyway. Most kids are not math whizzes, even the very bright, academic ones. And they are better served by a more typical pace.[/quote]

You obviously don’t have a mathy kid.

No, you don’t need to be a math whiz to do accelerated math at all.  Lots of above average kid who is good in math and like math can easily do this.  There is definitely enough of these kids in this town.

People like you who settle for making excuses for DCPS not providing adequate courses and challenge for kids is exactly why DCPS sucks.  No wonder the families with higher performing kids move to the burbs, go private, or cluster at the few middle schools that do offer accelerated math.

What is even worst is that most DCPS middle schools and high schools offer no advance math, none.  General track takes you to pre-Calclus in 12th which is what most kids do.  The “advance” track is Calculus in 12th which is really just regular track while the other track is remedial.  But then, there is no point in offering any advance track if 95% of the kids are not even on grade level in math.  Enjoy sending your kid there PP.[/quote]

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