California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
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Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#2Math is racist cause the numbers are black but the paper is white!
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#3Well that's stupid. If anything they should introduce it sooner. There's tons of research that show the sooner it's introduced the better they are able to digest that (as in it becomes more second nature and are later able to reason with it and build off that knowledge better).
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#4What age is ninth grade? We were doing Algebra by eleven.
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#5It’s the official shift from “we can lift everyone up” to “we need to hold everyone down”.
It wasn’t that long ago the California was touting the success of Algebra for everyone in 8th grade.
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#6This is not going to work well unless they massively improve math instruction in the lower grades. In fact they seem to be taking the opposite approach, where "equity" just means setting every student up for failure equally.
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#7I was doing algebra and Russian math word problems in 4th grade (maybe earlier, it's been a while). What exactly is the logic of pushing back mathematical training to later grades? [1]
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#8What age is ninth grade? We were doing Algebra by eleven.
I think around 13 years old.
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#9What age is ninth grade? We were doing Algebra by eleven.
In Canada, ninth grade was around 14-15 years old, depending on the month you were born. I think the US has a similar timescale for primary/secondary schooling.
Re: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to 9th grade statewide
#10What age is ninth grade? We were doing Algebra by eleven.
So was I. I was introduced to it in 7th grade (India) and I was 12~13.
Edit: fixed age range