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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]URM kids need algebra1 in 6th grade more than anyone else, ensuring URMs are more than likely to enter and succeed in engineering and science majors. There is solid proof that algebra1 in 6th ensures student takes atleast two years of calculus in high school itself. Equity activists, especially the non-URM foxes, feel insecure letting URMs learning more math than they do. [/quote] 1. you need algebra [u]by 7th[/u] to take 2 years of calculus in HS - and you could actually do it with algebra in 8th if you double up in HS. 2. you don't need 2 years of calculus in HS to enter and succeed in engineering/science majors. -engineer [/quote] And this is why parents are absolutely nuts, pushing for early math that doesn't necessarily matter based on made up assumptions, and potentially at the expense of kids who might get by well enough or "mimic " the teacher's demonstrated steps, but end up lacking in higher level understanding in the more complex classes down the road. https://www.mathnasium.com/math-centers/littleton/news/algebra-too-soon-1816080540 [/quote]
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