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Is there a middle of the road option?  Republicans tend to gut public education and push for privatization which I don’t want.  But I’m really hating all the social warriors who are demolishing options and realistic solutions in the name of “equity.”[/quote]

Yeah - I feel like there's a couple things that could be pulled from VMPI that could be really beneficial:
-Offer new math options for 11th/12th grade; those who don't want to take calc (or want to take something in addition) get some options
[b]-Focus on teaching methods that help students internalize concepts over rote memorization, especially in younger grades.[/b]
-Focus on communicating to students why this math matters in the real world.

And at the same time:
-Keep ability grouping/accelerated/honors math courses as options. There are a ton of kids in VA who take advantage of these and do well, so it's not like it's too few kids to be worth serving.
-Allow open enrollment in those accelerated/honors courses, or ability to test-in. Kids shouldn't be kept out if they want to try (teacher unconcious bias can impact racial minorities if teachers are gatekeepers on these courses.) But at the same time, the teaching pace shouldn't be slowed, and kids should be allowed to fail if they can't keep pace.
-Offer after-school tutoring and transportation for kids who either need more instruction or would like to cover additional content (so they can hop on to an accelerated track if they're a late bloomer.)
-Offer free summer school options for students in math topics for any reason (not just the kids who failed - the kids who would like to catch up/hop on to an accelerated tracks.)
-Provide a path to calc that is at least as rigorous as what kids have now (instead of, you must repeat topics over and over again in grade school, but you somehow have to learn all of Alg 2 and all of Trig and all of precalc in one year.)[/quote]

No, no no!  I'm a math teacher, and more rote memorization is needed.  It's already stimatized enough. [/quote]

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