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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People misunderstand the American education system, particularly immigrants (I’m one) that come from countries with more centralized education.

Other countries have a uniform curriculum across the entire nation, and while [b]rigid[/b], it will cover more advanced topics because it caters to the students that will go to universities.

In US the educational system is more flexible, but if you look at the run of the mill Eureka curriculum it just seems completely inadequate. In reality this is the floor of the curriculum, about 30% of the students are 1 year accelerated and 5% are 2 years accelerated in math. During the high school years there’s even more opportunity to accelerate and specialize with courses like AP Calculus and AP Statistics, that generally are more rigorous than what other countries have, but are only taken by about 5% of all students. Also the community college system is something other country don’t have but allows for enrollment of high school students, where someone with talent and interest can take classes up to differential equations, completing all the lower division courses for a math BS degree while in high school.

For sure US education has its own issues, but just looking at textbooks content is not an apt comparison.[/quote]

How much can students accelerate in your home country? [/quote]

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