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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents need to be good at Maths and teach their kids themselves.[/quote]

I can get my kids through Algebra I and part of Geometry and Statistics.  I should not have to learn Calculus to teach my kid.  I'm a liberal arts major and last took calc in 1995.  I certainly hope someone who teaches for a living could do better than I could.[/quote]

I think this is exactly the point the VDOE is making. Very, very few people need calculus in their lives.[/quote]
Nobody objects to having new high school pathways for the kids who don't need calculus.  They object to restructuring the math program in a way that makes it very difficult for a child to take calculus and impossible for a child to take any post-calculus classes.  It is possible to give non-math oriented kids new pathways without taking paths away from the STEM kids.  [/quote]

I think you are missing the point of the changes.  You are talking about pathways that pretty much eliminate calculus in high school.
I think the primary objection is that in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades, students have only one pathway- grade level classes.  No advanced math pathway at all.[/quote]

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