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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why aren’t there pre reqs for higher level classes? That only makes sense. If you have a C or below in a previous math, English, history class, why are those students allowed to move up a level? [/quote]

Because teachers were accused of being racist/sexist/whatever when we didn’t recommend kids move up to honors/AP/IB.  It wasn’t “equitable” to track a kid. I sat in sooooo many meetings having to bring dozens of data points about why I didn’t think a child who got a D in algebra belonged in honors geometry, or a child who failed the math 7 SOL should be discouraged from skipping math 8/taking algebra.  The county moved to open enrollment so every child could be “encouraged to reach their full potential.”

So now I have kids in my honors algebra with Ds, and sit in meetings trying to figure out “what I’m doing wrong” because it’s unfathomable that 6 kids in one honors class have a D.[/quote]

If that makes you feel "better", our regular Algebra classes have around a third of students failing right now. A third of the kids do next to nothing in class, other sleep or chat. A good portion of those who turn in their homework on time are just copying the key. Others only turn them in late just to try to get a few extra points. The number of absences is truly astonishing, and they're never caught up when they get back since somehow time apparently stops while they're gone. 50% minimum grades and open enrollment are definitely working--just not in the way they were supposed to.

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