Saturday, August 10, 2019

Eliminate Algebra 2 from the Curriculum, they say.

Irrelevant, they say.

Out of touch, they say.

Not useful, they say.

Hurt my GPA, they say.

I function quite well without any Algebra 2, thankyouverymuch, they say.

This blog includes posts that are my musings as I consider their indignation stemming from their wasted their time taking Algebra 2 in high school.

(Editorial note: "they" is purposely left without a referent.)


Legislation has been introduced to eliminate Algebra 2 as a graduation requirement in some states (Michigan in this source, but Florida and California have also fallen in-step with the idea).  https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/legislation-proposed-to-drop-algebra-as-graduation-requirement/article_5b786758-5ac5-5fc2-b068-28e8935eaa77.html

A thoughtful commentary on the issue was published in blog form in March 2019 http://rtalbert.org/what-to-do-about-algebra-2/.  Some of these topics in his blog will be addressed in this blog.  Read on! Additional posts forthcoming. 

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