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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. What’s E3[/quote]

Previously known as “Equity Cubed.”

Essentially they eliminate advanced and accelerated math opportunities for the students who are capable of learning at a faster pace.

E3 is a prime example of “closing the racial achievement gap from the top down.”[/quote]

E3 was never called Equity Cubed - at least not officially? I'm as skeptical about it as anyone, but the official name is "Engaging, Enhanced, and Extended Mathematics (E3) Network." According to the woman who piloted it the point was that the VA math standards are too easy for most kids (I think most people can agree on this), so we should extend or enhance them.

What they never would give me a straight answer on was whether E3 kept as much acceleration as advanced math. And repeatedly it's been shown that it doesn't. If they did E3 for gen ed, or at least most gen ed, and advanced math for the advanced math kids (level IV and anyone who meets the criteria by school), I doubt anyone would complain. E3 would be basic on grade standards plus and advanced math would stay as-is.[/quote]

It is E^3 (cubed) - Engaging, Enhanced, and Extended Mathematics. 
 
Which is different than E3 Alliance (Education Equals Economics). 
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And yet FCPS E3 and E3 Alliance share similar objectives: increase the share of students taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade by delaying the jumping off point for acceleration to allow late bloomers to catch up. (E3 Alliance argues for waiting until 6th grade to accelerate students.) E3 Alliance partners with UT Austin and the Dana Center; the latter group led efforts to reform state math programs, including VMPI. [/quote]

And yet they are not the same.

E3 != E^3
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You left off a word. FCPS refers to it as E3 Network.

E3 Alliance uses the same word "network" to describe an effort to connect groups across the US who want education reform:
"In this effort, E3 Alliance is not alone. They are a part of a national [b]network [/b]of nearly 70 communities across the United States, who are using and sharing best practices to provide better education outcomes." https://e3alliance.org/2023/04/04/e3-alliance-earns-strivetogether-systems-transformation-designation/[/quote]

Where does E3 Alliance say that FCPS is one of those communities?

Where does FCPS say that E3 Alliance is source/“commercial site”?

They don’t. You are pulling this out of your butt. 
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FCPS provides no information on E3, nothing about its origin, structure, use, or outcomes. That is the problem.[/quote]

So ask them. I did and had a nice phone call with the person driving the push a couple years ago.[/quote]

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