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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I keep hearing is that the powers that be “don’t want to gatekeep rigor” and “parents should be able to decide.”

I have a few theories. The FCPS math office people HATE 6th grade algebra 1 (they aren’t fans of advanced math in elementary in general and already managed to essentially get rid of it for 3rd-4th grade). The terrible rollout and worse eligibility change for next year are so bad I wonder if there’s an element of malicious compliance/self-sabotage.
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[b]No this is all Reid’s idea. Every principal thinks this is bonkers. It is like she does whatever she wants and the SB is clueless. [/b][/quote]

This right here. There is no academic research that shows what she is doing is helpful for students. And while hyper-acceleration might be good for some, there are many, many students who are being harmed by this and their parents are clueless. The medical profession has a saying - “Do no harm”, but apparently school superintendents (Reid) goes unchecked with many of her decisions. [/quote]
How are they being harmed? Even if they get a C, they can just repeat it in 7th without any trouble.[/quote]

You think that kids are not going to be aware that they are repeating a class and that is not going to think that they failed? Or that they are not strong in math? It is not as simple as retaking the class. Repeating the class will be damaging for the kids who have to retake it.

Worse yet, there will be others who don’t retake it, who will continue because the parents thinks it looks bad for the kid to retake the class. [/quote]

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