Virginia Dumbing Down Education

[GURPS]

Virginia moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade as part of equity-focused plan


On VDOE's website, the state features an infographic that indicates VMPI would require "concepts" courses for each grade level. It states various goals like "mprove equity in mathematics learning opportunities," "[e]mpower students to be active participants in a quantitative world," and "dentify K-12 mathematics pathways that support future success."

During a webinar posted on YouTube in December, a member of the "essential concepts" committee claimed that the new framework would exclude traditional classes like Algebra 1 and Geometry.

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A Loudoun parent who spoke on the condition of anonymity worried that the changes would "lower standards for all students in the name of equity."

"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."

Pyle didn't provide an immediate answer to concerns that the new model would hold kids back. It's unclear how exactly the differentiation would occur. When asked for more details, Pyle said, "Differentiated instruction is designed to provide the appropriate levels of challenge and academic rigor for each student."

 

[GURPS]

Virginia explores plan to end advanced diplomas: 'Equitably serving the needs...of all of Virginia learners'



Sale added that the discussion is aligned with recommendations from the African American Superintendents Advisory Council, a Virginia-based advisory committee that represents African American school leaders, teachers, parents and advocates.

Recommendations from the council released in March to advance student equity include a revision of Virginia's "Standards of Accreditation to address opportunity gaps reflected in available course options and to provide equal emphasis on workforce readiness in accrediting schools," according to a press release.

"These recommendations include developing measurable plans to close the persistence of achievement gaps, close opportunity gaps that disproportionately impact Black students and other students of color, diversify Virginia’s educator force, and support professional development for administrators and educators focused on culturally inclusive and responsive competencies and equity-centered practices that disrupt intentional and unintentional racism in education," Newport News Public Schools chief of staff Rashard Wright – who serves as the chair of the advisory council – said in a March statement.


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The majority of advanced-diploma earners in 2019 were Asian (79%) and White (63%), according to Sale's presentation. Among minority students, 44% of Hispanic learners, 40% of Black students and 35% of "economically disadvantaged" students received advanced degrees.

The consolidated diploma initiative, Sale said, would allow students to complete general course requirements in the first two years of their high school studies before moving into more focused studies to help them advance their career paths.






so cancel the program because there are not enough brown faces

 

[PrchJrkr]

So much for the American exceptionalism. Let us start churning out the drones.

 

[Hijinx]

If a certain race which will remain un named cannot agree with history it is done away with, If this group cannot learn math we change it or do away with it. If this group cannot learn English we change it and forget about spelling or cursive and teach them to print.

 

[vraiblonde]

Harrison Bergeron.

 

[Kyle]

Harrison Bergeron.

Thanks for the reminder, I meant to look that one up and download it.

 

[kom526]

I guess UVA, which is ridiculously hard to get into now, will have to loosen up admissions standards.
From USNews.com-

University of Virginia admissions is most selective with an acceptance rate of 24% and an early acceptance rate of 26%. Half the applicants admitted to UVA have an SAT score between 1340 and 1520 or an ACT score of 30 and 34.

 

[SamSpade]

They're talking about Algebra I and Geometry as advanced classes? Are they kidding?

I realize I was always good at math - and I placed out of Algebra I in high school for having it in eighth grade - but what the hell IS high school math, then?

When I was in school - if you took math - it went Alg I, II, Geometry, Trig, (sometimes Algebra III) and Calculus (or "pre-calculus"). I was lucky enough to get Propositional Logic and Number Theory in a class designed just for me.

Take those away - and what do you have? Finger Math?

 

[Kyle]

They're talking about Algebra I and Geometry as advanced classes? Are they kidding?

I realize I was always good at math - and I placed out of Algebra I in high school for having it in eighth grade - but what the hell IS high school math, then?

When I was in school - if you took math - it went Alg I, II, Geometry, Trig, (sometimes Algebra III) and Calculus (or "pre-calculus"). I was lucky enough to get Propositional Logic and Number Theory in a class designed just for me.

Take those away - and what do you have? Finger Math?

 

[vraiblonde]

"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.

I'm pretty sure that's the plan. There's nothing else it could be. For generations it's been, "Oh, our education system isn't producing like other countries!" Now it's, "Let's just stop teaching kids stuff."

Take those away - and what do you have? Finger Math?

They'll probably figure out how to "new math" that, too.

 

[SamSpade]

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What annoyed me the most watching my kids go through Common Core Math is they tried to get kids to get the idea
before they learned how to GET IT RIGHT. So my kids would be shown all sorts of complicated ways to multiply two numbers by making this group and that one and piulling them together and stacking them and adding them up -

When I MISTAKENLY showed them how I learned - they got it marked WRONG. Because they didn't "show their work". It wasn't enough that they multiplied two three digit numbers the way you and I learned - they had to take up half the page to compute an answer that takes them fifteen minutes to do a problem that took you and me two minutes.

I GET why. When you and I are at the store and the total comes to 8.24 and you hand them a 10 and 24 cents - you expect two whole dollars back. Very easy math. Nope. Not for them.

Similarly you have a problem where you have to multiply something by eight - in your head you double the larger number and multiply by four. Or do it again and multiply by two. Mental shortcuts. You have to multiply 97 by 6. You think ok, 100 by 6 is 600, take away 3 times 6 answer is 582. Easy and quick. Mental shortcuts. Once you know the answer - you can do that. Ditto other numbers - divide one by 3, triple the other. Shortcuts.

Oh hell no that's too easy - they make them write the whole thought process down. Longhand. THAT is what is wrong with common core - they teach concept before process and they don't know the process. Getting the right answer comes later. STUPID.

 

[RoseRed]

Are they still teaching common core?

 

[SamSpade]

Are they still teaching common core?

They're still teaching -- something -- where they learn everything -- in a stupid way.

My youngest has always struggled with math - but now that she is learning "the standard algorithm" she's tickled to death she is actually getting the answers RIGHT.

 

[RoseRed]

They're still teaching -- something -- where they learn everything -- in a stupid way.

My youngest has always struggled with math - but now that she is learning "the standard algorithm" she's tickled to death she is actually getting the answers RIGHT.

I seem to vaguely recall back in the 70's teaching the kids metrics so the country would go metric like most of the rest of the world. That never came to fruition.

 

[SamSpade]

I seem to vaguely recall back in the 70's teaching the kids metrics so the country would go metric like most of the rest of the world. That never came to fruition.

Almost as dumb as teaching them base 7 math - and then having them convert base 7 to base 11. There's seriously never been a practical use for such a thing. However -

IF they'd taught me base 2 (binary), base 8 (octal) and base 16 (hexadecimal) a LOT of my computer classes would have been much simpler.

 

[GURPS]

I'm pretty sure that's the plan. There's nothing else it could be.

from the America Sucks Crowd ..... just print money and give it AWAY ...... no one needs an education beyond All White People Are Racist

 

[RoseRed]

Almost as dumb as teaching them base 7 math - and then having them convert base 7 to base 11. There's seriously never been a practical use for such a thing. However -

IF they'd taught me base 2 (binary), base 8 (octal) and base 16 (hexadecimal) a LOT of my computer classes would have been much simpler.

I don't even know what that means.

I never made it past general math. :maffsishard:

 

[vraiblonde]

IF they'd taught me base 2 (binary), base 8 (octal) and base 16 (hexadecimal) a LOT of my computer classes would have been much simpler.

Most people don't need to know that because they have no use for it. I don't remember a single thing about my college algebra class except how to sing the quadratic formula to the tune of Pop Goes the Weasel, but I do remember everything I learned in Statistics because that has a practical application for me. I actually use it and it makes sense. It's physical thinking that you can visualize in a real life scenario, whereas imaginary numbers and complicated formulas are not.

Whatever. Anyway, our kids are being taught by hate-America Marxists who were taught by other hate-America Marxists, so is it any surprise that they want to gut our education?

 

[Kyle]

Boolean.

 

[SamSpade]

I don't even know what that means.

I never made it past general math. :maffsishard:

You've undoubtedly SEEN it. Binary is the simplest way that all computers speak - in simplest terms, a gate or circuit is a "1" if it is on, and a "0" if it is off. Base a number system on THAT, and you have a machine that can math (instead of using decimal, because we all have ten FINGERS).

You've probably never seen octal unless you're like OLD. Octal was used all the time in older computers.

Hex is the easiest way to represent binary and anytime you've opened a file and saw a bunch of gobbledy-gook, you were probably looking at hexadecimal. Think of it as binary in groups of four.

But back to the point - no algebra? Geometry? (I actually didn't have statistics until college, but it involved some pretty serious math - which I now use at my job). Without that - what IS high school math? You know arithmetic by the fifth grade.