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Reply to "Is FCPS ending advance math for students who are not in AAP?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Opposed to Algebra readiness for 8th grade so kids can take Calculus by senior year to be eligible for STEM careers? The only people who are opposed to this are people drinking the Boaler Kool-aid. [/quote] HS Math teacher. Not interested in the Boaler Kool-aid and I'm opposed to Algebra in 8th grade for all, as are many of my colleagues. The reality is that a few kids are ready in 6th grade, some are ready by 8th and many should take an extra year to beef up their arithmetic skills and number sense and start Algebra I in high school. Instead, they're being pushed into Algebra too early and getting increasingly dismal grades. The acceleration doesn't do any good when they end up failing courses and trying to make it through Algebra II by 11th or 12th grade--we're seeing increasing numbers of students in this situation.[/quote]
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