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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][youtube]https://youtu.be/siS8jlTcUzo?t=1928[/youtube]

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[i]"Let me totally clear we are talking about taking algebra 1 geometry algebra 2, those three courses that we've known and loved for 150 years, and removing them from our HS mathematics programs and replacing them with essential concepts for grade 8, 9, 10."[/i]

Chill, people. 
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He NEVER saiid that there will still be algebra 2, he said REMOVING them(alg/geom/alg 2) and replacing with something totally different...I mean please--that has a totally different meaning....[/quote]

The content will be covered. Kids can still do AP calculus.

Here is how some other school systems have done this. VDOE should more clearly map out the options for STEM pathways so parents don’t freak out. 
https://justequations.org/wp-content/uploads/BRANCHING_OUT_PRESENTATION.pdf[/quote]

There are three school system pathways presented in the link.  The first Escondido has AP Calculus in 12th grade, with no description of what is in 9th and 10th beyond Math1 and Math 2.
The second is Oregon, and does not mention calculus at all.
The third is San Francisco, which removes acceleration but then provides options for 11th and 12th to take community college classes to get calculus, or to take an Algebra 2 and PreCalc compression class to get to AP Calculus the next year.
So kids are considered hurt by jumping ahead a grade, but now they are considered good enough to take two classes in a compressed class.[/quote]

Algebra 2/precalc compressed is impossible to do! I mean talk about setting up kids for failure--or is this the idea?
FCC experimented with compressed geometry/alg 2 honors and it was a royal cluster###, BTW this experiment was done on high achieving students, so the ones that barely missed algerbra honors in 7th grade....well when these poor kids came to do precal in grade 10 they were totally clueless and could not even follow the class.....[/quote]

Yes, VDOE should more clearly map out the pathways for calculus/STEM tracks. 
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