NY Times article on Middle School Algebra

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Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/flashback-friday-clueless-doctor-sleeps-through-math-class-reinvents-calculusand-names-it-after-herself

"This is probably a good lesson for anyone - if you're a doctor, not a mathematician (dammit Jim!), and you think you've invented a new mathematical model for something basic like finding the area under a curve, you should probably run it by a mathematician before you publish it. She'll tell you that yes, your idea of using the area of lots of tiny rectangles to approximate the overall area under the curve is a very good one. In fact, it's called the trapezoidal rule, and it's part of the Newton-Cotes formulas. "

More info at:
https://kconrad.math.uconn.edu/math1132s20/handouts/taicomments.pdf

Suffice to say that a calculus class would not have made a difference in Tai's work. Tai barely understood elementary/middle school pre-geometry.

https://kconrad.math.uconn.edu/math1132s20/handouts/taicomments.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

Sounds amazing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

They put this on there as a response to the parents who kept asking "but how will our kids complete calc on time under this model" and they'd say, "Well actually it turns out lots of students don't even need to take calculus". Instead of answer the question (because it became apparent when you looked at it that when they did homogenous classes and taught everyone the same curriculum through grade 10 without acceleration, that kids weren't going to have time to get all of the material they currently do before going into calculus)

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Anonymous wrote:The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint - reports that in San Francisco, "The city is now back to where it began: Middle school algebra — for some, not necessarily for all — will return in August."

Congratulations to San Francisco!

Closer to home, in a VA middle school, I'm happy to report that our local 8th grade Geometry teacher (whose class our accelerated 7th grader attended this year) can now look back at 19 years of having 100% of her MS students pass the Geometry SOL at their first attempt. Congratulations to her for "lifting them toward society’s most high-status and lucrative professions" (a quote from the NYT article I linked), and to all hardworking students who love math!

Starts with a lie about not "offering a chance to study it"

The real problem is that ES kids aren't offered intensive math intervention (+2 hrs of school each day) to compensate for lack of education at home.
When families don't prioritize education at home, students need an alternative.

Slow freaking clap to this. If FCPS *really* cared about closing racial/socioeconomic performance gaps, THIS is the way to do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National Flashpoint - reports that in San Francisco, "The city is now back to where it began: Middle school algebra — for some, not necessarily for all — will return in August."

Congratulations to San Francisco!

Closer to home, in a VA middle school, I'm happy to report that our local 8th grade Geometry teacher (whose class our accelerated 7th grader attended this year) can now look back at 19 years of having 100% of her MS students pass the Geometry SOL at their first attempt. Congratulations to her for "lifting them toward society’s most high-status and lucrative professions" (a quote from the NYT article I linked), and to all hardworking students who love math!

Starts with a lie about not "offering a chance to study it"

The real problem is that ES kids aren't offered intensive math intervention (+2 hrs of school each day) to compensate for lack of education at home.
When families don't prioritize education at home, students need an alternative.

Slow freaking clap to this. If FCPS *really* cared about closing racial/socioeconomic performance gaps, THIS is the way to do it.

As a parent, there's no way I would allow my child to do this. Nope nope nope.

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Anonymous wrote:"But tracking has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on inequality. Around a quarter of all students in the United States take algebra in middle school. But only about 12 percent of Black and Latino eighth graders do, compared with roughly 24 percent of white pupils, a federal report found.
“That’s why middle school math is this flashpoint,” said Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of education and economics at Boston University. “It’s the first moment where you potentially make it very obvious and explicit that there are knowledge gaps opening up.”

Not a problem in FCPS, we make the gap obvious in third grade

School districts around the country have GT programs that begin between 2nd-4th grade and are used to determine eligibility for advanced math placement. Parents in FCPS are so myopic.

Other districts have small GT programs, FCPS has a massive slightly advanced program

And that's a bad thing, how?

SMH

Pulling the smartest 20% ensures those who remain won't even be taught at grade level. It's a great service for those who get it and a message to leave for private to those who don't

It does give those who remain more dedicated teacher time (because you presumably have removed a tier of kids from the room).

If we honestly did more ability groupings (not inescapable "tracking" but even just every year evaluated the top quarter of students for one room, next quarter for the next room, etc. ) the kids would each get a lot more "at their level" attention and would probably learn more. But we hate the idea of doing this because then the kids might feel bad.

[Anonymous]

I’m all for returning to tracking as a teacher myself. My kid really hates math and I would prefer it if there was a true remedial option.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

I’ve posted this screenshot and many others.

Are you going to argue that everyone does need calculus?

Look up "PID controller" and then ask your child's robotics teacher what the "I" and "D" stands for and what it has to do with calculus, then you get how funny it was that these idiots showed a robotics video in their anti-calculus crusade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

They put this on there as a response to the parents who kept asking "but how will our kids complete calc on time under this model" and they'd say, "Well actually it turns out lots of students don't even need to take calculus". Instead of answer the question (because it became apparent when you looked at it that when they did homogenous classes and taught everyone the same curriculum through grade 10 without acceleration, that kids weren't going to have time to get all of the material they currently do before going into calculus)

Or…school districts could have continued to accelerate as desired. Even though it wasn’t explicitly stated.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

I’ve posted this screenshot and many others.

Are you going to argue that everyone does need calculus?

Look up "PID controller" and then ask your child's robotics teacher what the "I" and "D" stands for and what it has to do with calculus, then you get how funny it was that these idiots showed a robotics video in their anti-calculus crusade.

They are math teachers. They aren’t anti-calculus. They just thought there are additional math topics that could have been offered that might be more relevant for some kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

I’ve posted this screenshot and many others.

Are you going to argue that everyone does need calculus?

Look up "PID controller" and then ask your child's robotics teacher what the "I" and "D" stands for and what it has to do with calculus, then you get how funny it was that these idiots showed a robotics video in their anti-calculus crusade.

They are math teachers. They aren’t anti-calculus. They just thought there are additional math topics that could have been offered that might be more relevant for some kids.

They were former math teachers. These ideologues hadn't set foot in a classroom for years. Actual math teachers opposed this crap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

In addition to the chart they posted links to material that said:
"Eliminate tracking systems that sort children based on perceived ability and demographic profile."

"Issues like systemic racism and stereotype threat, challenges with teacher recruitment, training, and retention, and other factors interact with the opportunity and achievement gaps as well. Detracking continues to be “tied to larger social inequities and racial injustice.”13 Therefore, the goal of detracking will not be realized without working to dismantle the various social, political, and cultural reasons tracking persists. Those that have been privileged by the current system must be willing to give up that privilege for more equitable schooling."

"Teachers of mathematics should:
◦ Teach according to equity-based instructional
practices (i.e., standards-based mathematics
instruction, complex instruction, culturally relevant
teaching, and teaching mathematics for social
justice, etc.)"

Mathematics teachers and leaders must acknowledge that the current mathematics education system is unjust and grounded in a legacy of institutional discrimination based on race, ethnicity, class, and gender."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

I’ve posted this screenshot and many others.

Are you going to argue that everyone does need calculus?

Look up "PID controller" and then ask your child's robotics teacher what the "I" and "D" stands for and what it has to do with calculus, then you get how funny it was that these idiots showed a robotics video in their anti-calculus crusade.

They are math teachers. They aren’t anti-calculus. They just thought there are additional math topics that could have been offered that might be more relevant for some kids.

They were former math teachers. These ideologues hadn't set foot in a classroom for years. Actual math teachers opposed this crap.

Not true. Many were still active math teachers. The math specialist from our school - who is in the classroom every day - participated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

In addition to the chart they posted links to material that said:
"Eliminate tracking systems that sort children based on perceived ability and demographic profile."

"Issues like systemic racism and stereotype threat, challenges with teacher recruitment, training, and retention, and other factors interact with the opportunity and achievement gaps as well. Detracking continues to be “tied to larger social inequities and racial injustice.”13 Therefore, the goal of detracking will not be realized without working to dismantle the various social, political, and cultural reasons tracking persists. Those that have been privileged by the current system must be willing to give up that privilege for more equitable schooling."

"Teachers of mathematics should:
◦ Teach according to equity-based instructional
practices (i.e., standards-based mathematics
instruction, complex instruction, culturally relevant
teaching, and teaching mathematics for social
justice, etc.)"

Mathematics teachers and leaders must acknowledge that the current mathematics education system is unjust and grounded in a legacy of institutional discrimination based on race, ethnicity, class, and gender."

OMG!! THEY POSTED LINKS TO OTHER SITES!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Here is more history on California’s misadventure in banning Algebra I prior to 9th grade for “equity” reasons. In 2021, the state released a draft of the California Mathematics Framework, whose authors were promising to open up new pathways into science and tech careers for students who might otherwise be left behind. Here is what happened:


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/


It is a horrible mistake to try to “close the racial achievement gap from the top down” by eliminating advanced math and getting rid of G&T programs. And yet, NYC, Seattle WA, and the state of California have eliminated advanced and accelerated programs in the name of “equity.”

Good thing that zero people in VA have proposed to eliminate advanced math or GT programs.

STOP LYING PP. You already know the VMPI attempted to eliminate most, if not all, advanced math in HS in 2021:




Not to mention:

- FCPS is currently piloting the “Equity Cubed” or E3 elementary math curriculum, which claims to offer the highest level math to every student (whether they are prepared or not) but then reduces all advanced/ accelerated math opportunities for top students to an occasional “pull out” once in a while, instead of a dedicated class.

The “pull out method” does not work.

Do a DCUM search on E3 aka - “Equity Cubed.”

“NOT ALL COLLEGE MAJORS NEED CALCULUS !”

That meant offering additional rigorous math options. NOT eliminating calculus.

So many RWNJ lies.

Thanks for posting this infamous and ridiculous VMPI chart, which our lefties like to deny and pretend it never existed.

It's worth recalling how ridiculous this initiative was. To make their points that not "everybody needs calculus" they had made a Youtube video that had - I'm not making this up - video footage of industrial robots.

I’ve posted this screenshot and many others.

Are you going to argue that everyone does need calculus?

Look up "PID controller" and then ask your child's robotics teacher what the "I" and "D" stands for and what it has to do with calculus, then you get how funny it was that these idiots showed a robotics video in their anti-calculus crusade.

They are math teachers. They aren’t anti-calculus. They just thought there are additional math topics that could have been offered that might be more relevant for some kids.

They were former math teachers. These ideologues hadn't set foot in a classroom for years. Actual math teachers opposed this crap.

Not true. Many were still active math teachers. The math specialist from our school - who is in the classroom every day - participated.

Our school also has a "math specialist" and they're not in the classroom every day. This initiative did not have the support of many math teachers, for the simple reason that any extremist ideology is not backed by more than 15% of the population, and this includes left extremism.