Not sure if this should be in the policy forum instead... Anyone here voting for Youngkin because of

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Anonymous wrote:I believe in public schools and teaching accurate history and do not believe in book banning so there is no way I would vote for Youngkin.

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Youngkin seems like a stand up candidate. Not a career politician, values family, schools and proposed tax cuts in a way that benefit poorer individuals more than an income tax cut which benefits the wealthy more. Reducing the food tax where a disproportionate amount of poorer individuals income goes. It’s a refreshing approach.

Vmpi is a wreck. If you value mathematics and/or have mathematically inclined children you should really be aware of the underpinnings of this movement and the ultimate policy goal and what the state is willing to sacrifice to meet this goal. I am amazed so many people are so interested in AAP or advanced schools/good colleges etc but would support this initiative. It’s shooting our students in the foot. Look up what the VA Tech professor had to say. Colleges are not going to find these pathways competitive for programs looking for advanced students. Education should work to meet the needs of all students, the failure to help bridge that gap should not be reached by lowering our educational options/pursuits and standards. It’s insane. Spend less of the money to lower math through VMPI and get more specialist to work with struggling students in a smaller setting.

I think we all know Terry is sleazy. Some will vote for him because he is Dem. VA is better than this. Served up a re-do candidate who is associated with the Clinton era and expects to win because he reiterates the tired campaign line of trying to say a candidate is Trump. Facts Terry, provide us some facts. We have brains and can see that we deserve better than some entitled campaign that expects us to believe some line and think that line is enough for us to give you are vote. What do you Terry bring to the table? How is your tax plan better for the average VA citizen. We are VA we deserve more than being told what to do by lifelong politicians. Elected officials work for the people. That is often forgotten with the entitled political lifers.

I would be excited for some fresh candidates to represent us.

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Anonymous wrote:CRT and “advanced math” are RWNJ lies.

Stop spreading misinformation, OP.

not a registered Republican but my god plz stop posting “RWNJ”, your vocabulary and diction are even worse than an average sixth grader.

There are no registered Republicans in VA,

It’s accurate and concise. Suck it.

DP, but you’re a pathetic clown who seems to have no life outside of posting on this forum.

Truth hurts.

I’ll call out the RWNJs and their lies every chance I get.

Don’t like it? Stop lying and spreading misinformation.

Deranged lunatic. There are hundreds of thousands of registered republicans in Virginia, so I guess you are a liar based upon your previous statement. So what do I call you give this chance, “LWNJ”.

- independent voter.

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Hahaha OP....

You really think a guy who attended swanky private schools and became a private equity partner gives a hoot about public schools?

Actually I'm sure he does, as far as defunding them and getting into gratuitous fights with school boards over public health measures just to own the libs and pave his way to a presidential run.

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Anonymous wrote:Governors don’t control school districts.

They can set state policy for the entire state. And look at the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. It will affect all districts. It needs to be stopped.

Why? Because you believe some RWNJ lies?

NP. Math teacher here. Not a RWNJ. Please do anything you can to stop the VPMI. I will retire early before it hits schools if it stays as planned. It’s not good.

You are so stuck in your ways that you don’t want to blend algebra and geometry concepts?

Sounds like you should retire.

To say nothing of the fact that my 8th grader is in Honors Geometry now and they stay blending algebra into the class. Please retire "math teacher"

In other words they are dumbing down the curriculum so that more students qualify for so-called honors math.

There is no way that geometry and algebra should be taught together. They are merely simplifying both to make it easier

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CRT and “advanced math” are RWNJ lies.

Stop spreading misinformation, OP.

not a registered Republican but my god plz stop posting “RWNJ”, your vocabulary and diction are even worse than an average sixth grader.

There are no registered Republicans in VA,

It’s accurate and concise. Suck it.

DP, but you’re a pathetic clown who seems to have no life outside of posting on this forum.

Truth hurts.

I’ll call out the RWNJs and their lies every chance I get.

Don’t like it? Stop lying and spreading misinformation.

Deranged lunatic. There are hundreds of thousands of registered republicans in Virginia, so I guess you are a liar based upon your previous statement. So what do I call you give this chance, “LWNJ”.

- independent voter.

These are RWNJ lies. Your choice if you want to spread them or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Governors don’t control school districts.

They can set state policy for the entire state. And look at the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. It will affect all districts. It needs to be stopped.

Why? Because you believe some RWNJ lies?

NP. Math teacher here. Not a RWNJ. Please do anything you can to stop the VPMI. I will retire early before it hits schools if it stays as planned. It’s not good.

You are so stuck in your ways that you don’t want to blend algebra and geometry concepts?

Sounds like you should retire.

To say nothing of the fact that my 8th grader is in Honors Geometry now and they stay blending algebra into the class. Please retire "math teacher"

In other words they are dumbing down the curriculum so that more students qualify for so-called honors math.

There is no way that geometry and algebra should be taught together. They are merely simplifying both to make it easier

No, it’s blending them together, just like they do in other countries with better math programs.

Definitely time to retire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin seems like a stand up candidate. Not a career politician, values family, schools and proposed tax cuts in a way that benefit poorer individuals more than an income tax cut which benefits the wealthy more. Reducing the food tax where a disproportionate amount of poorer individuals income goes. It’s a refreshing approach.

Vmpi is a wreck. If you value mathematics and/or have mathematically inclined children you should really be aware of the underpinnings of this movement and the ultimate policy goal and what the state is willing to sacrifice to meet this goal. I am amazed so many people are so interested in AAP or advanced schools/good colleges etc but would support this initiative. It’s shooting our students in the foot. Look up what the VA Tech professor had to say. Colleges are not going to find these pathways competitive for programs looking for advanced students. Education should work to meet the needs of all students, the failure to help bridge that gap should not be reached by lowering our educational options/pursuits and standards. It’s insane. Spend less of the money to lower math through VMPI and get more specialist to work with struggling students in a smaller setting.

I think we all know Terry is sleazy. Some will vote for him because he is Dem. VA is better than this. Served up a re-do candidate who is associated with the Clinton era and expects to win because he reiterates the tired campaign line of trying to say a candidate is Trump. Facts Terry, provide us some facts. We have brains and can see that we deserve better than some entitled campaign that expects us to believe some line and think that line is enough for us to give you are vote. What do you Terry bring to the table? How is your tax plan better for the average VA citizen. We are VA we deserve more than being told what to do by lifelong politicians. Elected officials work for the people. That is often forgotten with the entitled political lifers.

I would be excited for some fresh candidates to represent us.

VMPI doesn’t “lower math”. Stop spreading RWNJ lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hellllllllll no. This slimey trump wannabe will do nothing to improve FCPS or any other school system. In fact, if he were to be in charge, I could see us being in the news for being told to find an alternative view to the holocaust a la Texas. Bleh. No thanks.

Exactly. Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Governors don’t control school districts.

They can set state policy for the entire state. And look at the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. It will affect all districts. It needs to be stopped.

Why? Because you believe some RWNJ lies?

NP. Math teacher here. Not a RWNJ. Please do anything you can to stop the VPMI. I will retire early before it hits schools if it stays as planned. It’s not good.

You are so stuck in your ways that you don’t want to blend algebra and geometry concepts?

Sounds like you should retire.

To say nothing of the fact that my 8th grader is in Honors Geometry now and they stay blending algebra into the class. Please retire "math teacher"

In other words they are dumbing down the curriculum so that more students qualify for so-called honors math.

There is no way that geometry and algebra should be taught together. They are merely simplifying both to make it easier

Not debating the merits of VMPI, but you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. The 36 or so countries that are ahead of us in PISA rankings teach Algebra, Geometry and data analysis together throughout secondary school, moving on to Trig/Calc/Stats in the later years. One reason they may do better is that concepts are continuously revisited and extended over several years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Governors don’t control school districts.

They can set state policy for the entire state. And look at the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. It will affect all districts. It needs to be stopped.

Why? Because you believe some RWNJ lies?

NP. Math teacher here. Not a RWNJ. Please do anything you can to stop the VPMI. I will retire early before it hits schools if it stays as planned. It’s not good.

You are so stuck in your ways that you don’t want to blend algebra and geometry concepts?

Sounds like you should retire.

To say nothing of the fact that my 8th grader is in Honors Geometry now and they stay blending algebra into the class. Please retire "math teacher"

In other words they are dumbing down the curriculum so that more students qualify for so-called honors math.

There is no way that geometry and algebra should be taught together. They are merely simplifying both to make it easier

No, it’s blending them together, just like they do in other countries with better math programs.

Definitely time to retire.

DP. We live in this country. Are we expecting that kids will never move to another state? Or transfer in from another state?

[Anonymous]

Voting for Youngkin for many reasons. Schools have deteriorated in the last 15 years. Glad my kids have graduated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin seems like a stand up candidate. Not a career politician, values family, schools and proposed tax cuts in a way that benefit poorer individuals more than an income tax cut which benefits the wealthy more. Reducing the food tax where a disproportionate amount of poorer individuals income goes. It’s a refreshing approach.

Vmpi is a wreck. If you value mathematics and/or have mathematically inclined children you should really be aware of the underpinnings of this movement and the ultimate policy goal and what the state is willing to sacrifice to meet this goal. I am amazed so many people are so interested in AAP or advanced schools/good colleges etc but would support this initiative. It’s shooting our students in the foot. Look up what the VA Tech professor had to say. Colleges are not going to find these pathways competitive for programs looking for advanced students. Education should work to meet the needs of all students, the failure to help bridge that gap should not be reached by lowering our educational options/pursuits and standards. It’s insane. Spend less of the money to lower math through VMPI and get more specialist to work with struggling students in a smaller setting.

I think we all know Terry is sleazy. Some will vote for him because he is Dem. VA is better than this. Served up a re-do candidate who is associated with the Clinton era and expects to win because he reiterates the tired campaign line of trying to say a candidate is Trump. Facts Terry, provide us some facts. We have brains and can see that we deserve better than some entitled campaign that expects us to believe some line and think that line is enough for us to give you are vote. What do you Terry bring to the table? How is your tax plan better for the average VA citizen. We are VA we deserve more than being told what to do by lifelong politicians. Elected officials work for the people. That is often forgotten with the entitled political lifers.

I would be excited for some fresh candidates to represent us.

VMPI doesn’t “lower math”. Stop spreading RWNJ lies.


Have you read the actual program and supporting document texts? I have. And when you limit when a student can take certain advanced classes to 11 grade or above you do indeed cap mathematics. The students cannot take the level of classes during the time constraints left in high school. Look into the different pathways and how many semesters are available for higher level math. I can presume you and your family are not familiar with advanced mathematics and also higher level educational pursuits beyond curriculum dictates. If you were you would likely be much more attuned to the impact these restrictions impose from a practical standpoint. Not to mention the actual curriculum being taught. I implore you to read the supporting documents and the social goals of VMPI and it will be quite clear improving the mathematical prowess and higher level thinking of students is NOT the goal. The state failed to bridge the gap and this program is to bridge the gap by lowering the range of math available/Ie capping more advanced students. https://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/mathematics/vmpi/index.shtml#resources

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Governors don’t control school districts.

They can set state policy for the entire state. And look at the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative. It will affect all districts. It needs to be stopped.

Why? Because you believe some RWNJ lies?

NP. Math teacher here. Not a RWNJ. Please do anything you can to stop the VPMI. I will retire early before it hits schools if it stays as planned. It’s not good.

You are so stuck in your ways that you don’t want to blend algebra and geometry concepts?

Sounds like you should retire.

To say nothing of the fact that my 8th grader is in Honors Geometry now and they stay blending algebra into the class. Please retire "math teacher"

In other words they are dumbing down the curriculum so that more students qualify for so-called honors math.

There is no way that geometry and algebra should be taught together. They are merely simplifying both to make it easier

No, it’s blending them together, just like they do in other countries with better math programs.

Definitely time to retire.

DP. We live in this country. Are we expecting that kids will never move to another state? Or transfer in from another state?

Kids who change states often have a hard time regardless because all states teach the various components of Algebra 1 and 2 in different sequences and often using different scope and pacing. States' rights = confused and lost students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hellllllllll no. This slimey trump wannabe will do nothing to improve FCPS or any other school system. In fact, if he were to be in charge, I could see us being in the news for being told to find an alternative view to the holocaust a la Texas. Bleh. No thanks.

Precisely!