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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is in a similar situation taking Algebra in 4th. He got this advanced because I was teaching him during the COVID times and we had a lot of time on our hands. He is also fairly quick to catch on things. The class he is taking is online through the local community college. I would not recommend an online class at that age unless there someone to tutor him one on one. We tried on line classes, regular classes through the school, enrichment like AOPS etc. and one on one instruction is by far the most effective since you can go back and forth with the student to figure out what he understood. Of course this takes more time and/or money compared to the others.

Another point, look carefully at the contents of the class, some skip material are are not well aligned with the common core. Then, when he house back to an in person class he might not have been taught the foundation for it.

Make sure he is placed appropriately through multiple measures. There are diagnostics test that are free like Khan Academy, or some that you can purchase like IXL or MAP. Don’t rely only on the school because this situation is something they don’t run into every year.

I would also advise taking your time, if it will be two years to go through Algebra 1, that’s perfectly fine, use the diagnostics to find areas that were not understood properly and have him work on them. In the end the goal is learning, not that he takes Algebra 1 as early as possible.[/quote]

Which one? I’ve taught at NVCC and they would not accept a 4th grader. Most are 11th grade +, with rare exceptions for 9th - 10th graders. I only mention this so OP doesn’t think this could apply to her in FCPS through NVCC. [/quote]

You just need to prove that your 9-10 year old is 11th grade. They are not allowed to discriminate based on age. [/quote]

You’re telling me this was at NVCC? I will ask the head of dual enrollment (the only way you could have done this) because we were together recently and she said the exact thing I wrote out. And she said no Dean would approve anyone before high school. This was said clearly and directly last week. [/quote]

Are you just name dropping to show you know important people? You seem to be overly involved in getting the posters straight.

The point is that community colleges could be an option that should be looked at. Often those institutions, choose to not serve the needs of the community funding their very existence. Regrettable, but true.

Maybe you can put in a word with your good friend, that taxpayers want education without that much red tape.[/quote]

There is a reason for this: these classes remain on your high education transcript forever. If it was about just making money, they wouldn’t care. They want to make sure a 9 or 10 year old doesn’t take college classes, not do well, and it affects their grad or college applications 9-13+ years in the future [/quote]

So enrollment at community colleges is about 20% less, in some cases dramatically worse. Students don’t see the benefit of getting an education that doesn’t really translate in a marketable skill. Then there’s a stiff competition from online learning like Coursera etc. But no, your community college head of dual enrollment doesn’t want to serve students that would attend, they just know better than the students themselves, their guardians and the school counselor put together… because transcripts.

Sometimes the way the public money is spend just makes you want to facepalm yourself continuously. There are community colleges that try and do better, but obviously yours is not one of them.

For the poster trying to find an algebra class for credit, there are options available. Look for some community colleges, there are programs at BYU, John’s Hopkins CTY, AOPS, homeschooling, charter schools, summer programs. Start by discussing what is acceptable at the current school, if you won’t make any headway consider changing schools to something that’s more flexible. I moved my son to a charter and they are definitely more willing to accommodate my child’s needs. He was moved two grades up in math, because they screen all their students and put them in the grade matching their ability.

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