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Is this literally about states that have poor math achievement, or is it along the lines of some states aren’t teaching math because <insert culture war things>
by bandyaboot 3y ago
Is this literally about states that have poor math achievement, or is it along the lines of some states aren’t teaching math because <insert culture war things>? It’s become difficult to tell when a good faith discussion on public education is happening.
- klooney 3y agoCalifornia is considering copying San Francisco's ban on teaching Algebra to 8th graders. So maybe more imagined than real, but real for a small number of people.
- bandyaboot 3y agoInteresting, I hadn’t read about that before. Luckily I didn’t have any trouble finding some seemingly balanced background info. For those interested: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/san-francisco-insisted-on-algebra-in-9th-grade-did-it-improve-equity/2023/03 https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/san-francisco-insis...
- chrisdhoover 3y agoMy experience is very old. I went to one of the most highly rated county school systems in the US. The quality of math instruction was horrible. It was called new math back in the 60’s. I think we are on at least the third iteration, new new new math. In grad school I finally had a good teacher.