I am planning to enroll her in [a private math school] to do some more advanced work in a structured setting but that doesn’t solve the problem of this year’s math class.
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The above will likely not solve the problem...but,...Hey, I suppose it’s worth investigating.
The private schools in my area were just as rigid as the government school and similarly incapable of dealing with children who are 2 to 3 standard deviations above the norm.
I would consider having your daughter take the GED and start her on college.
If not, a dual credit class that allows 11 Y.O. students.
It's almost always a bad idea.
Every once in a great while, there is an individual whose maturity accelerates along with their academics.
But that's rare.
Much more commonly, people who skip grades wind up lazy and bored. A student who is "bored" with sixth grade math is at risk of chronic boredom and cynicism - as an emerging personality trait - and acceleration does nothing to address this.
Just my 2c - but it's based on a big sample size.
And, BTW, I've also just finished 3 years as Chairman of a Christian school.
Most parents who are seeking acceleration for their children "have issues".
Trust me, if the teachers are at all worth it, they'll be happy to have a child with an involved parent.
I tutor kids, mostly in Middle School math. Having homeschooled my own son K-12 (tho he graduated at 15, in ‘10th’), I realized the benefits of working one-on-one AND of letting them go at their own speed.
I have many math students who are held back because either there are not enough spots in the faster class or their class schedule does not allow them to be in the more advanced math. They are BORED to death, ready to move on, frustrated beyond belief by the kids in their classes who do not understand basic math/ whom they have to wait for.
I would teach my daughter math myself, if I were you. You might have to homeschool her to do that. The public schools should not be able to control her academic advancement. Perhaps a private school will accomodate your daughter’s strengths, but don’t count on it.
The schools make math seem terribly hard, like you have to have one year of every sub-category before you go on. It is just not so. We used Straight-Forward math workbooks, which covered concepts one by one and did not have chapters worth of problems to work, and we worked very quickly through advanced math, into pre-calculus. My son is in advanced, advanced math classes in college, studying Computer Science, and his math foundation from these simple books was very strong.
You can do it. You just have to see beyond THEIR plan for your life.