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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Furthermore, to reach calculus in 12th grade, a student must now study math over one summer.[/quote]

This is unequivocally false. Now ALL girls will reach calculus by 12th grade instead of just the top 75% of the class. The elimination of tracking now highlights the fact that the bottom 25% of the class were never  before given the opportunity to move beyond a placement decision made when they were 11/12 years old. I see that as a huge win. [/quote]

Under the new system, the top 25% don’t have the option of taking geometry in 8th grade any longer. To be on par with girls who enter in 9th grade, they will probably need to take geometry over the summer. [/quote]

This past year only 10% of 8th grade took geometry. It is never close to 25%.[/quote]

Exactly! Only a handful of top top students were able to take Geometry as an 8th grader anyway. And often these new girls coming in at 9th can't keep up with Alg 2 and have to drop down to Geometry anyway. Everyone wants to believe their daughter is a math genius, but this truly only impacts a small cohort of students. [/quote]

Sounds like the HoS is chiming in. Who else talks this way?  condescending tone. choice of words? [/quote]

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