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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the thinking is that a lot of high schoolers don't need geometry, so it's eliminated as a requirement... but it's not going to be offered to kids who do need it as a pre-req to trig/calc/physics?[/quote]

Geometry is not being "eliminated" per se, it's being integrated into the two algebra courses, supposedly.

I understand your skepticism on how they can do that and maintain a meaningful understanding and learning of geometry that is equal to what they would have gotten with it as a standalone class, but that is what they're purporting to do....[/quote]

Yeah, I understand smushing 3 years into 2 for elementary math, but don't think it's a good idea later on here.[/quote]

They are not accelerating -- covering 3 years in 2. They are eliminating standards. That means students miss content.[/quote]

They’re watering down the graduation requirements. [/quote]

What? Which parts do they skip? [/quote]

Geometry content. [/quote]

What is the major [b]effects for missing to learn geometry content [/b]to an average adult? I am just curious about it. I am not from here, what is included in geometry content curriculum? [/quote]

SAT and ACT tests' content? Do the tests have geometry questions? And geometry isn't going away, it's being "integrated" (whatever that actually means) into A1 and A2. Right now geometry is the course offered between Alg 1 and Alg 2 in MS or high school[/quote]

Geometry is being reduced to fit the new course pathway in 2 years instead of 3.[/quote]

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