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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But VMPI would have accelerated the masses. The standard algebra/geometry/algebra 2 track was 9/10/11 grade, possibly 9/10/12 if you took AFDA during 11th as a bridge. The proposed sequence is mixed A1/G/A2 in 8/9/10. For a lot of kids, that’s accelerating them 1-2 years.

As a math teacher, I agree that taking calculus as a sophomore is a race to nowhere for a lot of kids. For some though, it’s not terrible. So what if you repeat it in college? You have a foundation to build on. What IS terrible is forcing everyone to have algebra in 8th grade. It’s going to result in massive failures, because you’re taking away prealgebra from the very kids that desperately need another year to process the idea of abstract math.[/quote]

Not only was VMPI a recipe for failure for many disadvantaged students, it sought to close the educational gap by [b]eliminating high level math for the top students.[/b]

Yes, we need to address many problems in public math education.  But VMPI was the wrong approach, and it would have made the situation worse.[/quote]

No, it didn't.

In April 2021, VDOE very clearly stated that school systems could continue to accelerate students and offer advanced options.

Stop lying. 
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You constantly gaslight by saying this, totally ignoring the fact that the April 2021 statements (and the video you screenshotted from that meeting) were all done as a response to the public uproar over the previous material/town hall meetings where they were quite clear that the goal was all kids, in homogenous classrooms instead of acceleration, at the default pace (ie, Algebra 1 in 9th) until grade 10.[/quote]

That was one of multiple changes they were considering.

It was very clearly off the table in April 2021.

Anyone still shrieking or ”concerned” about it almost a year later is sus. 
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DP.

No sorry, PP.  it is you who is “sus.”

I agree with the person you responded to.

Ultimately though, VMPI is gone, along with[b] its plan to eliminate higher math [/b]in VA high schools.   You lost, and education won.

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Detracking was off the table since April 2021.

Stop pushing GOP propaganda. 
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It should have never been on the table.

It took public outrage to take it off the table. Then they respond with an attempt at gas lighting us to say it was never on the table or districts could always do their own thing. That didn't work.  Unless there was an unnounced change in the leadership of this project, it was still being run by people who had fully supported it being on the table. Parents understandably do not trust those people.

I can read all about how in theory differentiation in a classroom works great. I can understand the idea behind it. However I can also see how it is done in reality (advanced kids get ignored and often used as tutors), so no I don't trust it.

Separately I also think the plan for mixed topic classes is bad. The majority of curriculum materials separate these topics. What happens to kids who move into or out of VA during those years? [/quote]

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