I agree with Tim above. I took over my daughter's education in 6th and 7th grade. I am sure that the principal's hated seeing me ' We are doing it my way and I don't really care about school or state requirements - my requirements are higher.' After the first 3 weeks wasting time at the start of 6th grade (Middle school) I told the principal to bump her to advanced 7th grade math class. "That is too demanding. She can do it, I will tutor her if necessary." She did fine. Her other classes were also too easy, even in the honors variant - they don't push middle schoolers all that hard. So in 7th grade I had her split her classes, she took her math class at the high school, did some morning classes at the middle school, and did online classes in the afternoon. She covered 3 years of material in the online classes. She skipped 8th grade and went to high school - but I had her do geometry by correspondence over the summer so that she could skip it. I was planning on her doing running start, and she needed to do calculus in 10th grade - she was headed into the sciences. Her high school classes were honors/IB classes. I had her do pre-calculus by correspondence between 9th and 10th grade and she did calculus for college credit in 10th grade and all IB classes in 10th grade. She dropped out after 10th grade to enter the early admission honors program at the University of Washington. She had her MS in Structural Engineering by the time she was 21. It can be done - but it did impact me. When she was doing that geometry class she would ask me questions, and I had not studies geometry for 50 years. 'Give me the book. Let me look at what is going on.' The other math assistance was easy, but she didn't need much.
I agree with Tim above. I took over my daughter's education in 6th and 7th grade. I am sure that the principal's hated seeing me ' We are doing it my way and I don't really care about school or state requirements - my requirements are higher.' After the first 3 weeks wasting time at the start of 6th grade (Middle school) I told the principal to bump her to advanced 7th grade math class. "That is too demanding. She can do it, I will tutor her if necessary." She did fine. Her other classes were also too easy, even in the honors variant - they don't push middle schoolers all that hard. So in 7th grade I had her split her classes, she took her math class at the high school, did some morning classes at the middle school, and did online classes in the afternoon. She covered 3 years of material in the online classes. She skipped 8th grade and went to high school - but I had her do geometry by correspondence over the summer so that she could skip it. I was planning on her doing running start, and she needed to do calculus in 10th grade - she was headed into the sciences. Her high school classes were honors/IB classes. I had her do pre-calculus by correspondence between 9th and 10th grade and she did calculus for college credit in 10th grade and all IB classes in 10th grade. She dropped out after 10th grade to enter the early admission honors program at the University of Washington. She had her MS in Structural Engineering by the time she was 21. It can be done - but it did impact me. When she was doing that geometry class she would ask me questions, and I had not studies geometry for 50 years. 'Give me the book. Let me look at what is going on.' The other math assistance was easy, but she didn't need much.
My one sentence statement of principles for our public education system:
Every child should be able to learn at their best pace, to their full potential, in the settings that work best for them.