“Equity math” coming to FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If by Equity math you mean eliminating opportunities for enrichment and acceleration, then sure, since that's the only way they can close the achievement gap. No amount of time or money will make a difference. The only way is to sabotage the high-achieving kids.

Republican bullcrap during an election.

FCPS has plenty of opportunities for math enrichment and acceleration. It has one of the top STEM magnet high schools in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If by Equity math you mean eliminating opportunities for enrichment and acceleration, then sure, since that's the only way they can close the achievement gap. No amount of time or money will make a difference. The only way is to sabotage the high-achieving kids.

Republican bullcrap during an election.

FCPS has plenty of opportunities for math enrichment and acceleration. It has one of the top STEM magnet high schools in the US.

Cite please.

Actually don’t bother trying to bolster your lies.

I know it’s you, VMPI troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy democrats on school board have lowered the math standards and did everything to push all students towards gen ed level math. Is there a single effort to offer new advanced math course or increase enrollment in existing ones?

No. More and more kids are being encouraged to sign up for honors math. Open enrollment honors has made honors the default at a lot of schools. I've taught in schools where a passing SOL score (401) meant you were told to take honors.

This is 100% false at JMHS in Vienna. They DIScourage students from signing up for honors classes. Parents and students were told this at the rising freshman night earlier this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy democrats on school board have lowered the math standards and did everything to push all students towards gen ed level math. Is there a single effort to offer new advanced math course or increase enrollment in existing ones?

No. More and more kids are being encouraged to sign up for honors math. Open enrollment honors has made honors the default at a lot of schools. I've taught in schools where a passing SOL score (401) meant you were told to take honors.

This is 100% false at JMHS in Vienna. They DIScourage students from signing up for honors classes. Parents and students were told this at the rising freshman night earlier this year.

How are they discouraged? What exactly were the parents and student told? "Yeah we have honors courses which you can sign up for if you want, but you shouldn't, because it would make us upset"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If by Equity math you mean eliminating opportunities for enrichment and acceleration, then sure, since that's the only way they can close the achievement gap. No amount of time or money will make a difference. The only way is to sabotage the high-achieving kids.

Republican bullcrap during an election.

FCPS has plenty of opportunities for math enrichment and acceleration. It has one of the top STEM magnet high schools in the US.

Cite please.

Actually don’t bother trying to bolster your lies.

I know it’s you, VMPI troll.

TJ is ranked #5 in the country. Didn’t realize that needed a citation.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-20461

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If by Equity math you mean eliminating opportunities for enrichment and acceleration, then sure, since that's the only way they can close the achievement gap. No amount of time or money will make a difference. The only way is to sabotage the high-achieving kids.

Republican bullcrap during an election.

FCPS has plenty of opportunities for math enrichment and acceleration. It has one of the top STEM magnet high schools in the US.

Cite please.

Actually don’t bother trying to bolster your lies.

I know it’s you, VMPI troll.

TJ is ranked #5 in the country. Didn’t realize that needed a citation.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-20461

It's a limited enrollment school. By definition it's not "plenty",

[Anonymous]

FCPS has said the goal is to have more kids take Algebra I by 8th grade. But nice try OP.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has said the goal is to have more kids take Algebra I by 8th grade. But nice try OP.0

Where exactly did FCPS say this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I received the email below this morning from FCPS. And it does not say anything about removing Algebra 1 from middle school. Stop coming on here and giving false information.

Helping students to complete Algebra 1 by eighth grade is part of our Strategic Plan (Goal 3: Academic Growth and Excellence). The Algebra Access Network Improvement Community (AANIC) is working to increase the diverse representation of students who take advanced math classes and succeed in them. Learn more about the AANIC cohorts at Kilmer and Key middle schools and hear students explain why algebra matters to them.

Passing Algebra 1 earlier allows students to take more advanced classes like Dual Enrollment courses, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. These advanced courses help students succeed in college. A recent study from the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) found that completing Algebra 1 by eighth grade led to 30% more ninth graders and 16% more 11th graders taking advanced courses.

email from FCPS ^^

[Anonymous]

They aren't going to remove it, but make it nearly impossible to take in 7th grade at any middle school without AAP. That's how it will start.

Then they will remove it at the other middle schools because equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't going to remove it, but make it nearly impossible to take in 7th grade at any middle school without AAP. That's how it will start.

Then they will remove it at the other middle schools because equity.

Did you not see the email above? Do you just pull stuff out of thin air to make arguments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy democrats on school board have lowered the math standards and did everything to push all students towards gen ed level math. Is there a single effort to offer new advanced math course or increase enrollment in existing ones?

No. More and more kids are being encouraged to sign up for honors math. Open enrollment honors has made honors the default at a lot of schools. I've taught in schools where a passing SOL score (401) meant you were told to take honors.

This is 100% false at JMHS in Vienna. They DIScourage students from signing up for honors classes. Parents and students were told this at the rising freshman night earlier this year.

That's because in pyramids like Madison practically every high-SES parent thinks their child is gifted and bright because they've been privately tutored since ES. There are too many kids in Honors/AP that struggle and should not be pushed by parents to enroll for classes they are not genuinely motivated to be in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't going to remove it, but make it nearly impossible to take in 7th grade at any middle school without AAP. That's how it will start.

Then they will remove it at the other middle schools because equity.

Did you not see the email above? Do you just pull stuff out of thin air to make arguments?

I don't think you understand the requirements to enroll in Algebra I in 7th and how E3 Math makes that very hard to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't going to remove it, but make it nearly impossible to take in 7th grade at any middle school without AAP. That's how it will start.

Then they will remove it at the other middle schools because equity.

This is hilarious. A+ for gaslighting and moving the goalposts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't going to remove it, but make it nearly impossible to take in 7th grade at any middle school without AAP. That's how it will start.

Then they will remove it at the other middle schools because equity.

It is already nearly impossible to take Algebra 1 H in 7th grade without AAP or Advanced Math. Those are pretty much the only paths into 7th grade Algebra. I think the last time I looked at the SOL scores from last year it was rough 1,500 kids taking Algebra 1 H in 7th grade with the majority of kids taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade.

I will say that the gap between Gen Ed and Honors is huge. My friends kid wanted to move from Gen Ed into Honors for math and science as a sophomore because the Gen Ed class was not challenging and the kids did not take it seriously. This is a non-Academic kid so the fact that he saw the classes as a waste of time is telling. But the Honors classes seem to be out of his reach, he is really struggling in them. Probably because he is a kid not really interested in school and not willing to put in the extra time needed for honors math and science. So he is stuck in a weird place. A Gen Ed class where he realizes he isn’t learning much of anything and is bored or an honors class that is over his head.

I get why parents are pushing their kids into honors classes and I can see why that is a problem. I have no clue what the solution is because it sounds like the Gen Ed classes are more baseline warehouses for kids then actual places for kids to be learning.