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I’ve never heard of anywhere in the US doing just one year of math. My family currently in high school are required to do math all 4 years.

darth_avocado 5y ago
No I didn't mean 1 year of math. Rather I meant breaking down math into these individual topics (that may or may not be compulsory) that you don't teach every year, makes the experience very disconnected.
riversflow 5y ago
California requires 2 years of Math in high school. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cefhsgradreq.asp https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cefhsgradreq.asp
- Eelongate 5y ago
  Good grief, how can that even work? If I had gone a full one or two years without any math class, I would have lost the habit and floundered when it came time to take a math class again. Are they deliberately setting kids up to fail in California?
  - RandallBrown 5y ago
    Just because they're only required to take 2 years of math doesn't mean that is what most kids take. If I recall this is how my high school was ~20 years ago and almost everyone still took at least 3 years of math with what felt like the majority still taking 4.
  - jcranmer 5y ago
    Those are literally the minimum possible requirements to get a diploma anywhere in the State of California; judging from the document, school districts may impose stricter requirements. Those are unusually lenient from what I've seen; my home school district [not in California] currently requires 4 years of English, 3 years each of math, science, and social studies, 2 each of PE and foreign language or fine arts, 1 year of economics/personal finance, and 4 electives. And apparently 1 course must be AP, IB or honors. As a matter of practice, you'd be expected to take 4 years of English, math, science, and social studies, and at least 3 of foreign language anyways (and indeed, there's an 'advanced degree' that has those requirements; it looks like 2/3 of students graduated with the 'advanced degree').

darth_avocado 5y ago

No I didn't mean 1 year of math. Rather I meant breaking down math into these individual topics (that may or may not be compulsory) that you don't teach every year, makes the experience very disconnected.

riversflow 5y ago

California requires 2 years of Math in high school. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cefhsgradreq.asp https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cefhsgradreq.asp

Eelongate 5y ago
Good grief, how can that even work? If I had gone a full one or two years without any math class, I would have lost the habit and floundered when it came time to take a math class again. Are they deliberately setting kids up to fail in California?
- RandallBrown 5y ago
  Just because they're only required to take 2 years of math doesn't mean that is what most kids take. If I recall this is how my high school was ~20 years ago and almost everyone still took at least 3 years of math with what felt like the majority still taking 4.
- jcranmer 5y ago
  Those are literally the minimum possible requirements to get a diploma anywhere in the State of California; judging from the document, school districts may impose stricter requirements. Those are unusually lenient from what I've seen; my home school district [not in California] currently requires 4 years of English, 3 years each of math, science, and social studies, 2 each of PE and foreign language or fine arts, 1 year of economics/personal finance, and 4 electives. And apparently 1 course must be AP, IB or honors. As a matter of practice, you'd be expected to take 4 years of English, math, science, and social studies, and at least 3 of foreign language anyways (and indeed, there's an 'advanced degree' that has those requirements; it looks like 2/3 of students graduated with the 'advanced degree').