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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Race to nowhere. [/quote]

The counterpoint is that especially in lower grades math moves very slowly and a large fraction of the kids could would benefit from a faster pace.[/quote]

Sure, some advanced topics/acceleration make sense. But we reach diminishing returns at some point. Only exception being the rare math genius who jumps ahead grades. 
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Also as younger and younger kids take these classes the curriculum is altered. Look at algebra text from a couple generations ago they are very difficult. [/quote]

I haven't seen this difference. Main difference is the calculator stuff and stats content wasn't mixed in. [/quote]

Just tells me you don’t know math. The courses called algebra today are very different from what parents took. Geometry, has basically disappeared.

Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight is what advanced HS math used to look like. It doesn’t touch calc but covers more topics than all the CC classes mentioned.[/quote]

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