Current Events > Virginia to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade for equity

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/virginia-accelerated-math-courses-equity

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system.

These changes will have a profound impact on students who excel in STEM related curriculum, weakening our country's ability to compete in a global marketplace for years to come,"
the parent told Fox News on Thursday

"Ian Prior, a Loudoun parent and former Trump administration official, similarly panned the move as a way to "stifle advancement for gifted students and set them back as they prepare for advanced mathematics in college. This is critical race theory in action and parents should be outraged."

Haters

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

"Ian Prior, a Loudoun parent and former Trump administration official, similarly panned the move

Dont care

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That is really fucking dumb

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One step closer to Harrison Bergeron.

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Let me see if I can find this story this from a nonfox/conservablog source. Big news if there's actual corroboration.

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Hey kids, to keep things fair and nice and wholesome and totally inclusive to all we have decided to place harsh limits on you to make you feel like you aren't special and are just as average as everyone around you because we are ALL special

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"Why aren't any of our students getting into ivy league schools?"

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pogo_rabid posted...

"Why aren't any of our students getting into ivy league schools?"

"Them liberal elites"

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Not going far enough. The 5th graders should all do 4th grade math because not all the 5th graders understand 5th grade math.

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From what I'm reading on the actual site, this doesn't seem accurate at all. Big surprise from Faux News.

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/mathematics/vmpi/index.shtml


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Punishing kids for working hard and learning? Isnt that supposed to be the point of class?

ThePrinceFish posted...

One step closer to Harrison Bergeron.

Lol, I wonder if anybody else around here gets that reference.

Right, so the lot of you kneejerkers jumped the gun. The goal seems to be more toward adjusting learning levels based on individual capacity, but within the same grade.

VDOE spokesman Charles Payle told Fox News that the courses would allow at least a few changes depending on students skill levels. Differentiated learning means providing guidelines that meet the educational needs of each child (appropriate level of difficulty and academic resilience), Pyle said.

VDOE spokesman Charles Payle told Fox News that the courses would allow at least a few changes depending on students skill levels. Differentiated learning means providing guidelines that meet the educational needs of each child (appropriate level of difficulty and academic resilience), Pyle said.

Over the years, parents and the system have valued and rewarded speed not through depth of comprehension but through acceleration and content coverage . The Virginia Math Way initiative focuses on deeper learning through classroom-level stratified learning and to help students develop critical thinking, real-world application, and problem-solving skills, Pyle said.through classroom-level stratified learning and to help students develop critical thinking, real-world application, and problem-solving skills, Pyle said.

https://lovebylife.com/virginia-is-trying-to-complete-all-accelerated-math-courses-by-11th-grade-as-part-of-a-capital-focused-plan/

Now, they're not specifying how differentiated learning works, which is a fair cause for suspicion, but this is nearly opposite of what lolfox is telling you it is.

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