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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The integrated approach to algebra/geometry/algebra II sounds a lot like Russian approaches to math education which are arguably more successful than US. I'm not convinced by the alarmists who are saying this is dumbing things down. [/quote] The issue is not so much the integration, but that they are requiring this for all students in 8th grade. Normally a sizable percentage, maybe even a majority, of students do not take algebra until 9th grade. That this is being taken in 8th grade means this is prealgebra/algebra/geometry not algebra/geometry/algebra2. They have said prealgebra will be part of the blend. Algebra 2 will not be in the mix very much, to protect all these students that districts would have previously said were not eligible to take algebra in 8th grade. [/quote]
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