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[quote=Anonymous][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]

A ton of college majors require it though. Are we done with pushing STEM now? If this goes though, they need to bar state schools in Virginia from considering whether or not an applicant has taken calculus for admission to any undergraduate program or else we’ll just be subsidizing kids from New Jersey to take engineering spots at va tech[/quote]

Their argument seems to be that, 'eh, people don't need calculus, they need DATA SCIENCE. And if they do need calculus they can take it in college'.

Totally ignoring the fact that for a non-trivial portion of students in the commonwealth, being able to take (and test out via AP) college level classes in high school is a financial game-changer.

I took 7 APs in HS, and was able to test out of over a semester's worth of credit in college; I maxed out my courseload while in college, which altogether let me save an entire year's worth of tuition. With the runaway train that is rising college tuition, that type of thing is HUGE for kids.[/quote]

I had several friends in HS who did this and managed to get out of college in three years.  I grew up in a very middle-class/blue-collar area, so paying for three years of college instead of four was a game-changer for a lot of people who were the first in their families to get a bachelor's degree, and one of them earned a scholarship to a SLAC.[/quote]

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