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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing has been finalized but the DOE has been very clear they want to end tracking or other kinds of sorting kids into classes by ability. They have also been clear they think calculus is being overemphasized.[/quote]

Maybe because it IS overemphasized. Far too many kids who don’t need calculus take calculus because that’s how our system currently works. What is wrong with offering them alternate math pathways?[/quote]
The issue isn't offering additional pathways.  The issue is whether pathways are being removed - or, perhaps more accurately, altered in ways that have a negative impact or render them impractical to pursue.

There is a need for DOE to spell out the pathways more precisely, as that may make the difference between something people can live with and something that will push families away.  Their failure to do so, even at this early juncture, gives one the sense of either (a) incompetence or (b) obfuscation.[/quote]

Ok. Are they removing pathways?

I haven’t heard that. 
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They seem to be removing anything beyond calculus, and it's unclear how straightforward it will be to take calc, or if it requires compression of current prereqs, or summer school, or what.[/quote]

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