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Kids take algebra in 8th grade? When the heck did this start? I didn't take it until first year highschool (using US terms).
by ChancyChance 3y ago
Kids take algebra in 8th grade? When the heck did this start? I didn't take it until first year highschool (using US terms).
- kolinko 3y agoFun fact - in central/eastern Europe algebra starts in 6th grade (kids aged 11-12yo), and we don't have much problem with that.
- reducesuffering 3y agoAt least as of 15 years ago in a middling California public school. 7th grade (age 12/13): Pre-Algebra 8th grade: Algebra 9th grade: Geometry 10th grade: Algebra 2 / Trigonometry 11th grade: Pre-Calculus 12th grade: Calculus 1
- bushbaba 3y agoDid algebra in middle school. Southeast US education system. Pre algebra was taught in my elementary school as an introduction.
- jkingsbery 3y agoIn the public school I went to up through 7th grade (in the late 90s), the top 10% to 20% took algebra in 8th grade. In the private high school I went to, most of the 9th grade class had algebra the previous year (whether they went to public school or private for middle school). While by no means universal, it's been pretty common for a while.