Reply to Is 8th grade pre-algebra or algebra?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Is 8th grade pre-algebra or algebra?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real problem with Reid's decision to have all 8th graders taking Algebra is the Math 7 Honors curriculum. It does not adequately prepare the kids for Algebra 1 in 8th grade (at least not the Honors track). At least half of the kids in my kid's Honors Algebra have dropped down to non-Honors because they are not understanding the Honors curriculum. Algebra is way too important for future math to have kids not get it. [/quote]Really? 50% + left the Honors class?   I find that hard to believe.  Then you would have an Honors class that is very small and still allowed to exist with small numbers AND the school was able to find seats in existing non-Honors classrooms for 15-20 students on the fly.  Just very hard to believe.  [/quote]

Ugh, this happens EVERY year. 50% is an exaggeration, for sure, but it is so common everywhere I've taught.  So far my school has lost around 10-15% of the honors kids to regular.  By and large, they are kids that weren't recommended.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take the recommendations of the prior year teacher seriously (reach out if you want an explanation/clarification). Right now my gen ed classes are at 33 and 34 because so many honors kids have dropped down. It's not fair to anyone to have a class size that big, but staffing is based on what kids register for in March.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics