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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are gunning to get into the advanced track because the regular track is just too slow for some kids -- and that is because there is no real enrichment in MCPS math. It is accleleration or nothing. I agree with PP that they should offer an enriched math class in ES that follows grade-level standards but goes much deeper, offering extensions and enrichment rather than accelearation. This would only work if it's a separate class, like compacted math is in most schools. Then they could start the acceleration with 6+ in middle school, so the typical advanced track does A1 in 8th. [/quote]

At the ES level an enriched class would still be an accelerated class.  Even if they did a class with a curriculum like say Beast Academy as enriched, the kids in this class would still ready to tackle Pre-algebra in 6th and Algebra in 7th which is exactly what the MCPS curriculum does.  The ES acceleration is not the problem.  CM could potentially utilize some more in-depth problems and applications but the problem is MS math where further acceleration happens unnecessarily, and where Algebra and Geometry are taught as separate classes as opposed to integrated.[/quote]

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