ITA with Val's post, by the way.

Honestly, the "allows study of more advanced topics" thing makes no sense to me unless one assumes that there is a finite shelf-life to learning math and science topics. As far as I can tell, there isn't.

Acceleration allows students to reach advanced topics EARLIER. The question is whether or not that is a good goal. I'd say that as a side-effect of natural learning and meeting an individual's needs and interests, it's fine-- but probably not a good thing to have as a primary GOAL, so much.

But that's me. smile


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