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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welp, this is going to be a ton more business for me as a private tutor.  There are many kids already who have difficulty in Algebra in 8th grade (which is at grade now), and those kids are often the same ones who struggle in Alg 2 and precalc, but it’s not because they need integrated algebra and geometry - that’s not going to fix anything.

I am old enough to remember when MCPS offered “Unified Math” to bright kids in middle school and HS.  It didn’t last long.

I really don’t understand why we keep reinventing the wheel in an effort to teach kids math. The math curriculum itself is not the problem.

This is also stupid from the perspective of SAT and ACT performance, which does not require precalc or even Algebra 2. It’s hard enough to for an 11th grader to remember Alg and Geom now, it makes no sense to push it earlier (and further away) in the memory bank. Same goes for Chemistry and Physics, which require a lot of algebra and geometry. Kids who take those in 10, 11 and 12 will have weaker math skills.

Also not great for a good chunk of college math and science majors.

I guess it’s good if your kid wants to take math classes after Calc - but right now that is a tiny fraction of kids, and not at all necessary for entry into top tier colleges. [/quote]

Algebra in 8th is not at grade level. It requires acceleration. Algebra in 9th is at grade level.[/quote]

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