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.
So what if there are gaps. If siblings who grow up in the same household can grow up to achieve vastly different things then why should we expect this amongst students. Such is life. Some students will do well in algebra and some won’t. I struggled to get a B in algebra and that was with a lot of late night studying with my father.
No arguments but I think you have to address it. I believe you can find meaningful work that suits your intelligence level but punishing those who are very intelligent makes no sense and just accepting that certain demographics will do better on average in certain areas would be great. Sure you’ll find blacks who are good at math but not in the same number as Whites and Asians and that’s ok. This attempt to “close the gap” is a lesson in futility at the expense of those who are more talented
True. Much easier to place the blame at “inequality”. I would love to see this applied to sports. That would be hilarious.