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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 2 kids at TJ including a freshman.  Older kid said they piloted a new RS curriculum last year for some sections of the then freshman (class of 2025). It was much easier (less content convered) than the traditional RS1 class from previous years and I understand for this years freshman class, all students have the new (easier) RS1 curriculum that is likely here to stay. [/quote]
Conveniently aligned with the entrance of the first class under the new equity-focused admissions policy[/quote]

Why does TJ put kids through this suffering of admitting under prepared middle school kids without evaluation test, and then ask them to accept poor grades as their fate? [/quote]

That’s one take on it.  Here’s another. TJ is not just a math school. When they altered their admissions requirements, they dropped the standardized math test as a gatekeeper. Now they don’t get a full class of math geniuses. They get kids with other strengths. Like cs or engineering. This has exposed an instruction problem in the TJ math department. [b]Kids are doing fine in Cs, Bio, design & tech. Math department is  weak instructionally.[/b]  [b]They’ve been coasting for years by getting kids who already know the math as part of the TJ math prep machine.[/b] No more test, fewer obsessive math preppers. Now math teachers have to teach. [b]And many aren’t great at it.[/b] [/quote]
Do you have any proof for all these claims you're making, or is this just an opinion? Hopefully you also realize that the sciences and CS also use quite a bit of math, which doesn't help your additional claim that everyone is doing well in the other subjects. It's much more likely that overall, TJ teachers are quite good across all departments, so yeah... you'll need some actual evidence to make this take believable.[/quote]

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