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[b]Stats show that the traditional approach to math works for the majority of students[/b]; only those below average students struggle with it and might benefit from the allegedly deeper dive of 2.0...so why not limit it to those who can't handle the traditional approach?

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Which statistics show that?

Also, what is the "traditional" approach to math?[/quote]

+1! Is anybody old enough to remember the "new math" of the Early 1970s? My parents hated that so much that they sent me to Catholic School to learn the "old math," essentially long division, etc. Gen X attorney here: I pulled my kid out of school briefly because he was struggling at this generation's "new" math and now he's in 6th grade earning As in Algebra. His course is essentially the same as mine was (although I took it in 9th grade), except that he is given twice as many problems for homework every night. So how do Algebra 1 courses really change over time?[/quote]

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