{"id":112863,"date":"2021-04-23T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112863"},"modified":"2021-04-23T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:13:00","slug":"equity-focused-plan-removes-accelerated-math-before-11th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=112863","title":{"rendered":"Equity focused plan removes accelerated Math before 11th grade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I progressed up to calculus when I was in high school. One of the things that I liked about math is that you either knew it or you didn’t. There was a way to prove that you knew it; you had to show your work in both the home works and in the exams. The work leading to the answer formed a large percent of your grade. There was no room for teacher subjectivity to favor one student’s argument over that of another. If you want to succeed, you have to apply yourself.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the initiatives that we see, that would contribute to the further erosion of critical thinking in this country, continue. The Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Mathematics Pathway Initiative (VMPI) has designed a new curriculum. Accelerated mathematics would not be available until the 11th grade.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/p>\n

On VDOE’s website, the state features an infographic that indicates VMPI would require “concepts” courses for each grade level. It states various goals like “[i]mprove equity in mathematics learning opportunities,” “[e]mpower students to be active participants in a quantitative world,” and “[i]dentify K-12 mathematics pathways that support future success.”<\/p>\n

During a webinar posted on YouTube in December, a member of the “essential concepts” committee claimed that the new framework would exclude traditional classes like Algebra 1 and Geometry.<\/p>\n

Committee member Ian Shenk, who focused on grades 8-10, said: “Let me be totally clear, we are talking about taking Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 — those three courses that we’ve known and loved … and removing them from our high school mathematics program, replacing them with essential concepts for grade eight, nine, and 10.”<\/p>\n

He added that the concepts courses wouldn’t eliminate algebraic ideas but rather interweave multiple strands of mathematics throughout the courses. Those included data analysis, mathematical modeling, functions and algebra, spatial reasoning and probability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The developers are trying to argue that they are providing more useful knowledge. However, a reading of their justification shows that the traditional mathematical knowledge that we gained is required first.<\/p>\n

Fox News has a detailed article<\/a> on this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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