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Take a look at the E3 pilot.  And Tina Mazzacane works for FCPS and was a major force for VMPI.  'Practice of putting kids in inferior classes must end'.[/quote]

That doesn’t mean “reduce math for all”. That was an effort to expand options. Killed by Republican propaganda. [/quote]

That is not true at all.

Parents across the political and racial spectrum opposed VMPI because it was terrible policy and would have severely damaged the quality of public education in Virginia.[/quote]

Agreed. VMPI did have a component that was focused on potentially expanding math options at the 11th and 12th grade levels, but it was also stated that they wanted to deemphasize calculus in HS and up until 11th grade were going to have classes where everyone taking the same classes, no acceleration/different levels. When there was an outcry about that, they tried to backpedal and say they wouldn't prohibit districts from acceleration, but it couldn't recover and got killed with the Younkin administration. [/quote]

Untrue. They always included AP/IB and never said districts couldn’t accelerate kids. Someone mentioned detracking was a trend in math and (politically motivated) people falsely claimed VADOE was going to “ban” acceleration. Even if that were true, they hadn’t even come up with a proposal yet for public review.

The “public outcry” was a political machination. Maybe some gullible people joined in but at the root it was a GOP attack on education.  [/quote]

This is always being claimed on here, but it ignores what Loudoun implemented after close discussion with Tina Mazzacane and the VMPI group.  They published a new math pathways chart, with a video titled introducing VMPI.  They eliminated 6th grade algebra, and county staff said their goal was to eliminate 6th grade prealgebra, and that they believed it was important to eliminate tracking for equity reasons.  Somehow Tina Mazzacane didn't respond as you are doing that there is nothing here about eliminating acceleration.[/quote]

Cutting 6th grade algebra isn’t eliminating acceleration. Kids could still accelerate by 2 grade levels. [/quote]
This is true, but parent has to be college educated, leaving URM parents at a disadvantage. Since evidence shows 6th graders who have taken Algebra 1 have nothing but As, why not provide that option to all. [/quote]

It's quite clear now that this person is just trolling.[/quote]

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