And what is THAT code for? You know the usual suspects will scream;
Posted on 07/23/2023 2:03:34 PM PDT by grundle
Martin Udengaard wants more for his son, and he doesn’t think Cambridge schools can deliver.
Cambridge Public Schools no longer offers advanced math in middle school, something that could hinder his son Isaac from reaching more advanced classes, like calculus, in high school. So Udengaard is pulling his child, a rising sixth grader, out of the district, weighing whether to homeschool or send him to private school, where he can take algebra I in middle school.
Udengaard is one of dozens of families who recently have publicly voiced frustration by a years-old decision made by Cambridge to remove advanced math classes in grades six to eight. The district’s aim was to reduce disparities between low-income children of color, who weren’t often represented in such courses, and their more affluent peers. But some families and educators argue the decision has had the opposite effect, limiting advanced math to students whose parents can afford to take private lessons, like the popular after-school program Russian Math, or find other options for their kids, like Udengaard is doing.
“The students who are able to jump into a higher level math class are students from better-resourced backgrounds,” said Jacob Barandes, another district parent and a Harvard physicist. “They’re shortchanging a significant number of students, overwhelmingly students from less-resourced backgrounds, which is deeply inequitable.”
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Have to bring everyone to the lowest level of moron status.....
Ideally, the public school system should be able to provide an education for 12 years at whatever speed a student can handle the courses, even if it means graduating with a bachelor degree or trade diploma.
Russian math:
Sometimes you solve equation
Sometimes equation solves you
I had it in 7th, 8th, & 9th Grade
“They’re shortchanging a significant number of students, overwhelmingly students from less-resourced backgrounds, which is deeply inequitable.”
Visions of Clarence Thomas and others who became very well accomplished individuals even though they came from such “less resourced backgrounds”.
And what is THAT code for? You know the usual suspects will scream;
“The students who are able to jump into a higher level math class are students from better-resourced backgrounds,” said Jacob Barandes, another district parent and a Harvard physicist. “They’re shortchanging a significant number of students, overwhelmingly students from less-resourced backgrounds, which is deeply inequitable.”
Harvard physicist can’t figure out that this is being done deliberately.
He thinks he will shame the Regime into reversing by labelling it “inequitable”.
Quite honestly, any school board member, administrator or teacher that doesn’t understand the above should be barred from education and never be allowed near children.
I had a couple of engineers working for me who came from Nicaragua. They went through school in dirt floor single room schools with three grades in it. They wrote wonderful letters* to clients and customers. They studied algebra and calculous starting in (if I recall) seventh grade. They were so much better educated than the Americans I had working for me.
* Because I was the boss, I always reviewed letters going to customers. A letter can show up in a courtroom, so you have to be careful what you say and how you say it. I read a letter from one of the Nicaraguan’s. I only redlined things that absolutely had to be changed. If someone was akward but got the point across I didn’t change it. I read this letter, which was on a complicated event, and I was so impressed. It was clear, concise and beautifully written. I probably read it three times just for the pleasure of it. Remember, these guys learned English as a second language.
When my sin was in 8th grade he was taking Calculus at the high school. In HS he was taking advanced math at Harvy Mud College. 20+ years ago. They don’t do that kind of stuff anymore at California schools.
I learned some new words. Better-resourced and less-resourced.
Just to level set the discussion, my two sons had Algebra 1 in 7th grade (this was a one year acceleration, the typical student in our district has Algebra 1 in 8th grade). Pushing it to high school is frankly incomprehensible.
Please tell us 1) What % of students currently in 8th grade in your state have IQs of 85 or below?; and 2) What does brain science tell you about abstract reasoning, algebra, and IQs of <85 - and college! Don't be absurd.
who needs algebra anyways. We all know that it’s a product of white supremacy.
I don’t know what the point of your post is, but very few students in Cambridge MA are likely to have an IQ under 85. Some people may, but they can still learn Algebra and geometry which are the typical middle school math courses.
Cambridge is a city generally populated by wealthy liberal professionals and academics. Apparently they just noticed their schools are intentionally omitting teaching their children what they learned at the same age.
Can any of these complaining parents tell us who they voted for in their School Board elections?
This mater because most board members are endorsed by the unions they negotiate contracts with.
Back in the 1980s, when relative sanity reigned in the publik skrewels, I took Algebra in 8th Grade, in spite of having a “less-resourced background.” Not a single teacher or student in the school appeared to give a sh!t about “minority representation” in my Algebra class. And everybody was fine with that.
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