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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who cares what the numbers are,  What parents care about is that there is sufficient and challenging teaching in math for their kids.  The goal is not the floor but the ceiling - something for kids to strive and reach their full potential with math. It is not happening for so many kids in this town.

Yes OP, your kid should take AP Cal in 11th if your kid can handle it.  Then take the next level math course.  Heck, your kid should take it in 10th even if your kid can handle it.  And it should be offered and there should be a track leading up to this.

Families shouldn’t have to play a lottery to get into a school just for adequate math instruction and challenge.  It should be offered to all,

Families here trying to justify and give a pass for not taking Cal in high school or not taking it earlier for kids who can handle advanced work are not the solution but part of the problem and why we are left with crumbs in math offerrings that we have in DCPS.  Everyone should be advocating for stronger and more advanced math programming, not justifying the poor status quo.  [/quote]
Respectfully, I don’t think parents have any obligation to harm their own children by stopping them from applying to top schools just because you think those students shouldn’t be able to get into those schools. Even if that would help to change the status quo. [/quote]

No one said kids in DCPS should not apply to top schools.  [b]But it is common knowledge that these kids from less rigorous curriculum struggle against peers who are bettered prepared because they had opportunities for more advanced classes.[/b] But the goal of education is not college admissions.

It is to gain knowledge, be challenged, and strive for kids to reach their full potential.  Not giving kids the resources, tools, and classes for this is basically keeping them from that goal.  You are basically trying to narrow the achievement gap by bringing the top down instead of bringing the bottom up. The kids do not have the same opportunities for knowledge acquisition and advancement.  It is not their fault and it is not fair.  Shouldn’t education meet the needs of all kids instead of focusing just on the bottom?
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Where is this "common knowledge"? That term is one used by people who know they are making things up.

I graduated from one of the most elite private boarding HS in the country. I attended an elite university (very old, very crimson). I had an advantage in college...for perhaps one semester. Then every kid who didn't have the benefit of my privileged education or advanced tracking got to Cambridge and caught up.

Bolded is nonsense. [/quote]

Correct.

Research suggests that any academic advantage held by private school students generally narrows by the end of their freshman year and often disappears entirely by their junior and senior years.[/quote]

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