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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

So its mostly to get ahead? Or for kids who are struggling? There is not a lot of homework in ES so just confused why the need for tutors?

It's to keep up with compacted math and advanced math. So many more kids are put in those groups as the "norm" when really they should be in the lower grouping, due to pressure from parents and from administrators (better grades = more funding). Its been going on for years and years.

You don't think people would lie to get a spot in a magnet program? Are you sure you live in MoCo?

I live in Bethesda and my kids attend Walt Whitman.
I didn't say anything about people lying or magnet programs. You're not having a conversation with just one other person, you realize.

I live in Silver Spring and zero kids here have tutors. My kid is in compacted math and scores about 90th percentile locally normed on the tests, so all is well.

It’s a thing, but it’s a Bethesda/Potomac thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

So its mostly to get ahead? Or for kids who are struggling? There is not a lot of homework in ES so just confused why the need for tutors?

It's to keep up with compacted math and advanced math. So many more kids are put in those groups as the "norm" when really they should be in the lower grouping, due to pressure from parents and from administrators (better grades = more funding). Its been going on for years and years.

You don't think people would lie to get a spot in a magnet program? Are you sure you live in MoCo?

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Anonymous wrote:just goes to show that the magnet programs should not only be for the top 1 percentile. doing so would discriminate against the lower ses/black and brown populations who are unlikely to all have tutors

Agree. Perhaps as part of the magnet admissions process they should ask parents to attest whether the child receives outside tutoring. Sure, some will lie but can't imagine the vast majority would be comfortable doing that.

Why wouldn't we want kid who receive outside tutoring in the magnet programs? They have a support system to help them succeed at it.

Anonymous wrote:just goes to show that the magnet programs should not only be for the top 1 percentile. doing so would discriminate against the lower ses/black and brown populations who are unlikely to all have tutors

Agree. Perhaps as part of the magnet admissions process they should ask parents to attest whether the child receives outside tutoring. Sure, some will lie but can't imagine the vast majority would be comfortable doing that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

So its mostly to get ahead? Or for kids who are struggling? There is not a lot of homework in ES so just confused why the need for tutors?

It's to keep up with compacted math and advanced math. So many more kids are put in those groups as the "norm" when really they should be in the lower grouping, due to pressure from parents and from administrators (better grades = more funding). Its been going on for years and years.

Anonymous wrote:How many kids in mcps have tutors in elementary school? We live in Bethesda and our kids go to mcps, but every kid we know has a tutor. Is this a thing?

Yes, it's a thing. Kids have tutors. Some even go to places like Kumon, RSM, or Mathnasium. There's a thriving industry of such places in this area because people use them.

just goes to show that the magnet programs should not only be for the top 1 percentile. doing so would discriminate against the lower ses/black and brown populations who are unlikely to all have tutors

some might, but certainly not all. We have never hired a tutor and our kids are entering 10th and 12th grade and have always been in the highest classes. Don’t feel you have to just because “everyone else” is. If they are doing well, let them be.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

So its mostly to get ahead? Or for kids who are struggling? There is not a lot of homework in ES so just confused why the need for tutors?

It's to keep your kid at 99%ile for DCUM bragging rights!

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

So its mostly to get ahead? Or for kids who are struggling? There is not a lot of homework in ES so just confused why the need for tutors?

We had one earlier in thenpandemic because this ga were so j credibly slow. Now we just do supplemental classes for enrichment.

Yes it's a thing.
When my kid was in 3rd grade their teacher told us that pretty much every student in her class had a math tutor.
She recommended we got one and we did. We STILL need a math tutor now kid is going into 10th.

I can't speak to others' experiences, but I haven't had a great experience with tutors with my elementary school student. I have had great results with some Outschool classes and Beast Academy online via AoPS website. I also use our nanny as a tutor, but she follows the curriculum that I select.

How many kids in mcps have tutors in elementary school? We live in Bethesda and our kids go to mcps, but every kid we know has a tutor. Is this a thing?