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a teacher's rebuttal on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/4p0uc3/why_did_san_francisco_schools_stop_teaching/d4h7me7 https://www.reddit.com

• bryanlarsen 10y ago
  It's in full agreement with the article, it's just a rebuttal of the click-bait title.
• gshubert17 10y ago
  The teacher's last sentence: tl;dr Why Did San Francisco Schools Stop Teaching Algebra in Middle School? They didn't. The topics of algebra are now spread through the middle school courses along with other foundations of geometry and probability/statistics. However, they did restructure the names and pathways in high school in such a way that might impact the way ability of a student to take a 2nd course in Calculus by Senior year of high school.
  • justaman 10y ago
    I don't understand why they can't teach algebra in tandem with lower levels in math such as basic arithmetic. The abstract method of balancing both sides of the equation could boulster overall understanding. --Introduce algebra in grade school. As children learn things like fractions, introduce linear algebra. This, I think, would reduce some of the "when am I ever going to use this, i'm not going to even try".
    • brianwawok 10y ago
      They do, this is part of common core (which some people love and some people hate). My daughter has been doing very basic algebra since 2nd or 3rd grade? I do not remember EVER seeing an equation with an X in it until 6th grade.