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ripcord

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9. I read an article just now by a Stanford math professor

Reply to Zeitghost (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 12:15 PM

Oct 2023

He said they were removing access to Algebra 1 from eigth graders. How are they supposed to prepare for a STEM education and career when they can't take the classes they need? It is hard enough for them to finish all the math classes they need now.

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Can some explain equity based math for me? [View all] ripcord Oct 2023 OP

From what I have seen, ExciteBike66 Oct 2023 #1

Math fads Effete Snob Oct 2023 #2

Charlie Schulz did a comic on it... malthaussen Oct 2023 #5

I remember Sally doing her times tables; A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #7

Yeah, she had a lot of trouble with math... malthaussen Oct 2023 #8

It's more about the pedagogy than the math. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #3

What, you mean "If Joe buys 12 dozen oranges at 20 cents apiece..." malthaussen Oct 2023 #4

Well how are you supposed to figure out... MiHale Oct 2023 #10

Given that oranges cost .39 cents each now? Lancero Oct 2023 #15

Among various other things Zeitghost Oct 2023 #6

I read an article just now by a Stanford math professor ripcord Oct 2023 #9

I imagine these things come in cycles. malthaussen Oct 2023 #13

I have the same concerns Zeitghost Oct 2023 #14

when my son was in a gifted class in grade school, the teacher told me that demigoddess Oct 2023 #11

Just as in the Humanities, there is a concern about pupils reading material... malthaussen Oct 2023 #12