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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just so you all know how it used to be, DS was split out based on testing for accelerated math in 1st grade, then compacted math, then acceleration through middle school and high school.

Today he’s at an Ivy studying for a PhD.

Guess what, some kids actually are gifted not just privileged.[/quote]

What point are you making? That we are screwing kids now more than ever? What does that have to do with privilege?

My kid is VERY smart (highest MAP our school has ever seen) and there was still no acceleration until 4th grade. The enrichment they got in class was nothing. The teachers are struggling and just trying to make it through the day. And it sounds like there will be even less for my younger kids. [/quote]

The point is, they used to split out into different classrooms for math as early as 1st grade. That worked really well - imagine if your very smart kid had that opportunity?

You know who else it helped? The kids who weren’t so great at math who had a smaller class size and a teacher focused on them at their level.

Why do I bring up privilege? Because I believe that is why MCPS is doing this. It has nothing to do with G&T (who btw are entitled by law to a G&T education). [/quote]

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