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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I'm one of the people referenced in the first page of posts who thought it sounded so crazy I didn't believe it. I appreciate all the links and info which I'm checking out now.

My 5th grader just moved into advanced math this year (doing the 6th grade curriculum and essentially skipping 5th grade math) and I've never seen him as engaged or excited about math. It is the first thing he tells me about each day. It would be a shame if this isn't an option any more for kids who are ready for it.

I don't see why everyone has to be in one class for the kids who are less quick with math skills to be challenged. It sounds like they want to push the lower end harder than they need to be pushed and hold back the kids who are quicker with it. Are they doing this for reading skills as well? [/quote]

Please share this proposed change with anyone who will listen, particularly neighbors and families who are empty nesters or seniors.

Share with anyone who votes in Virginia.

This destruction of education standards cannot continue.

Imagine what education in Virginia will look like with 2 more years of this type of nonsense.[/quote]

Yes, god forbid if [u]more[/u] kids are doing well and not just the privileged UMC kids.  :roll: 
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Lowering standards by significant amounts because the VA department of education does not believe in the promise or capabilites of minority children does nothing to help any child to reach their potential and is the opposite of the equity they claim to believe in.

Remember the fence drawing?

Equity means giving those kids the tools and resources to see over the fence.

It does not mean making making everyone lay on the ground then sawing down the fence so everyone reaches the same low standards.

If the VA department of education and the politicians who appointed them and set their goals do not believe in the potential of all of our students, including minority students, to rise to their full potential, and don't support giving all students in Virginia a world class education, including poor and minority children, then they do not deserve to serve another minute in office.

There is nothing more racist than assuming that because of their skin tone, children are not capable of performing at their full potential unless you lower standards for everyone else.[/quote]

It's not LOWERING the standards - it's helping more kids [i]reach[/i] the standards. Your UMC kids will still fully meet the standards. 
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You don't have kids or work in education in Virginia, do you?

It is most certainly lowering the standards.

Algebra 2 does not happen until 11th grade.  They will not have completed or learned the lowest skill set on the SATs until after they take the SATs.

In fcps, Algebra 1 is taken in 6th-7th for the advanced kids, with geometry in 7th or 8th, and Algebra 2 in 8th or 9th.  These kids are in calculis their sophomore or junior year, multivariable calculus in 11th or 12th.  The new LOWERED standards eliminate the advanced math track entirely.  China must be laughing with glee of the dems plan to destroy what is left of our math curriculum.

Middle of the road kids take Algebra 1 in 8th grade, geometry in 9th and Algebra 2 in 10th.  The new LOWERED math standards eliminates the middle track and puts everyone on the exact same remedial track.

At our fcps high school, these new LOWERED standards negatively impact most of the students, including a lot of minority students, because the VA department of education does not believe in the capablitites of kids who have darker skin or speak with an accent.  The lower standards negatively imlacts all of the students, including the students they claim to be creating the lower standards for.  It is disgusting to dismantle and lower the state math curriculum under the mantle of helping minority kids, because the VA department of education does not believe in their potential to achieve greatness in academics.[/quote]

That is not LOWERING the standards. That is slowing down the acceleration BEYOND the standards.

Your kid will be fine taking AP Calculus their senior year. 
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You don't have kids, obviously.[/quote]

I have two, both gifted. One exceptionally in math. And personally I have two STEM degrees and work in STEM.

My kids will be fine to have a slightly slower rat race. AP Calc in senior year is reasonable. 
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AP Calc in senior year would not be reasonable under the lowered standards.  They have it as an option, but kids would likely need extra classes outside school to be able to take it, or calculus itself would be a watered down class in Virginia, with the teacher having to do lots of remedial work(presumably the weaker kids would not be in here).
So the class would only be for those who absolutely want to take calculus, and their parents would arrange for them to get prep work done over the summer.
Integrated Math 10, followed by two semesters of , or perhaps more classes, selected from applications of advanced algebra, applications of trigonometry, and precalculus with a focus on functions, would not do as well as algebra 2 or algebra 2/trigonometry in 10th and precalc in 11th.
Typical students who would previously have taken calculus in 12th grade will no longer be able to do so under these revised lower standards.
The people making the standards are OK with this, as in their video they explain how calculus really isn't necessary in high school.[/quote]

How does that affect college readiness? I get that it calc isn’t offered at your HS it isn’t offered and (hopefully) won’t be held against the student in college admissions, but what about overall readiness? HS instruction is FAR better than college instruction at the Calc 1 level - in HS you’ll have a teacher who knows how to, well, teach; in college you’ll have a TA writing equations on a white board for an hour. I don’t see how kids who are planning to major in a STEM field where Calc+ is required will be properly prepared for college if they can’t take a HS Calc class. Makes no sense. [/quote]

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