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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These comments are too anecdotal to be useful.  I have absolutely seen that the kids are strong across the board.  I know many who are strongest in language arts.[/quote]

Perhaps your comment that "these kids are strong across the board" is anecdotal as well. The kids in the AAP (the "gifted" ones as well as the above-average high-achieving students) RARELY possess superior strengths (and interest) in all subjects. Because of the AAP's emphasis on mathematics, (and, no, I am definitely NOT "anti-math") advanced instruction in language arts is almost non-existent (and, boy, does it show!) Just compare the level of math your child is working on with his/her language arts work.

My observations are based on  school visits and meetings (albeit brief ones) with AAP teachers who, when asked about the program (e.g lesson plans and the distribution of students with strengths in either math or language arts or both) cagily confirmed that many of the kids are indeed math inclined (or "math smart", as a few of the teachers put it) and that the AAP curriculum is more or less a "math-centric" one.[/quote]

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