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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a hyperaccelerated kid (AP calc in 8th).  Acceleration is fine, if the kid is fully ready and has no foundational gaps.  Skipping content once you reach Algebra is idiotic.  For most kids, self-studying or using something like Khan academy means that the kid is glossing over the material and retaining very little.

[b]No school anywhere is going to let kids skip core math classes[/b].  The kids who are far ahead either skipped ahead early in ES, or they completed accredited classes at a local college or CC.  They are also generally math outliers and not just bright kids who want to jump ahead.  [/quote]

This. Math builds in itself, so if you skip (or rush through) an entire years worth of material, you are screwed. You are lost in the new class, and then if you move back to the old class you have missed weeks and are behind there, too.

Our middle school allows self study over the summer but there are many hoops to jump through --take a qualifying exam, then self study with their materials, which ends up being about 5 hours a day, and then take the "Final exam" in August and pass it.

Very few kids do this and the ones that do are definitely math outliers. There is no way the school would just allow it for anyone who asked.[/quote]

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