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[quote=Anonymous]Instead of us just talking to each other on DCUM, let's use this as a way to brainstorm how to elevate this issue politically and make sure elected officials know where we stand.

I drafted this brief letter and emailed it to the department of education. I also CCed Terry McAuliffe's campaign and officials from the VA Democratic and Republican parties. (vdoe.mathematics@doe.virginia.gov, info@terrymcauliffe.com, awhitley@vademocrats.org, knotts4va@gmail.com)

Once there are town halls with the candidates for governor, it will be important that people ask about this issue.  If people have other ideas, please add them here. If you like my letter, feel free to cut and paste it and use it yourself. If you hate it, write your own or draft a better one here and people can send that one instead.

Dear Virginia Department of Education,

As a parent in Virginia, I am very concerned about the proposed changes to the math curriculum, specifically the plan to eliminate accelerated math. If this plan moves forward, students who love math and want to be challenged will instead be bored and likely will not have the strong math background needed to prepare them for calculus and other college-level math courses. While some changes may be needed to the Virginia math curriculum to make sure that all students leave public schools with a solid understanding of key math concepts, those changes should not come at the expense of the state’s strongest math students.

This issue is extremely important to me and I will be asking the Virginia gubernatorial candidates where they stand on these changes during the upcoming campaign season. In the meantime, I ask that you go back to the drawing board and develop a math education program that supports all students and does not hold the state’s strongest math students back.

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