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I have talked to the principal and he says that the program is great because it is helping the slower children learn math? When asked about higher achievers I was basically told that the program doesn't recognize accelerated learners, so basically so what if my son is bored, those slower learners are finally learning something.

No they're not. They're being "carried" by the smarter kids in those little consensus-is-more-important-than-correctness groups.

I don't blame you for being mad, but this "group math" sh!t appears to be sweeping the nation.

You might want to rethink the parochial school. I have a friend whose daughters are in Catholic school, and they're not Catholic. The religious instruction is not optional, but it has not affected the family's religious practices.

They are simply studying what the Catholics believe, rather like a course in comparative religion.

"No they're not. They're being "carried" by the smarter kids in those little consensus-is-more-important-than-correctness groups."

There is not much difference between this and the "fairness" crap Democrats spew out when talking about taxes. In both instances, the amount of effort expended is wholly irrelevant as long as the result is "fair".