San Francisco middle schools will teach Algebra I again this fall — though concerns about implementation continue amid a shortage of qualified teachers.
The 6-1 vote by the San Francisco Unified School District board Tuesday followed a decadelong battle over eighth graders' access to higher-level math courses and a larger debate over academic opportunity and equity in math performance.
Stanford researchers found last year that large racial and ethnic gaps in advanced math enrollment persisted even after the policy change.
There are problems finding people who are capable of teaching middle school algebra? Wow, those mandatory master's degrees for teachers have really done wonders for the profession.
They have, if you goal is to fill education with gay commie "activists". Because those are the only kind of people who can make it through the garbage indoctrination that pretends to be a degree in "education".
Excellent point
Almost nobody wants to teach middle school, it is objectively the worst age.
Also it's San Fransisco. A teacher's salary might not be worth it in a city with such a high cost of living, especially if they're new in their career. If they're offering like $65k/year and the average rent costs $40k/year, most people aren't going to be chomping at the bit to move to San Fran and teach math to overcrowded classrooms full of phone-addicted brats. You're much better off teaching at the community college in some Midwestern town.
Oh what, having drug addicts wandering your neighborhood like zombies and taking fat shits outside of your apartment doesn't make you want to live in SanFran? Bigot.
The funny thing is I know some good people who teach in California but have drank the kool-aid and think our certification programs are top of the line. I think the main reason some of these teachers oppose others leaving state is they fear for their pension.
It's always the fucking pension. Never let anyone convince you that these government golems are working for anything else.