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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fcps allows HS graduation with just Algebra 2, works for those that don't get math. But using that as baseline and restricting students from taking advanced above grade math to avoid widening equity gap is where the problem is. [/quote]
While increasing math choices at lower end help with graduation and discourage dropouts, I dont get the idea of restricting accelerated and advanced math choices on higher end. Why put a lid on how much a kid learns?[/quote]

You can't put kids who aren't ready for it into an advanced class. It drags down the whole class. If a kid shows readiness by having a decent score on a gatekeeping test, by all means put any kid who demonstrates readiness into the class.[/quote]

It would be fine to put kids who aren't ready for it into an advanced class to let them try it - the trick is to *not* let it drag down the whole class. We need to get OK with setting a pace and saying, OK, this is the pace we're going at - kids who aren't keeping up will either fail or get bumped down a level. IMO the issue is that we don't do that part. If we did, we could be a lot more equitable - let everyone who wants to. or even everyone by default, try AAP or advanced math or whatever. Maybe then parents won't be so insistent that their kids need to be accelerated if they really aren't ready for it. [/quote]

Very few parents are insistent on acceleration. But they are vocal, and they're the same ones that if they get the acceleration and fail at it, will blame and harass the teachers instead of dropping back. 
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