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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math M isn't a new course, and isn't remedial.  It's functions and introductory calculus, which are college level calculus.  This is a section of the same course that meets 5 days instead of 3 so that kids can get more support while taking this college level class.[/quote]

"“What we thought was the best thing to do — instead of adding another course before MA — was to add more time and support into MA for students who would need it.”"

Previous commenters might be great at math but lack reading skills - or the willingness to actually read the article before blathering.[/quote]

"Students don’t have the skills that we had intended downstream in the curriculum, and so it creates different trajectories in students’ math abilities,” Kelly added." That sounds like these kids aren't capable of taking a math course that begins with pre-calculus. Other schools would call that remedial for a college student, but these are Harvard kids, so we can't have that designation   [/quote]

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