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The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is attempting to walk back its equity-focuses math program in a way that conflicts with previous statements it has made and materials it has promoted on acceleration.

Virginia Department of Education shoots down claims of eliminating accelerated math courses for equity plan By Ayesha Khan Some parents on Northern Virginia are asking whether the Commonwealth is eliminating advanced math classes. RICHMOND, Va. - Are advanced math classes going away in Virginia for the sake of student equity?  It’s what many parents in Northern Virginia are asking after a Loudoun County school board member posted to social media that this is being considered in the Commonwea...

Virginia’s Department of Education announced that it will eliminate accelerated math classes in all public schools. It’s about Marxist “equity.” Some kids can’t make the grade so they will bring everyone else down to their level. I think they should get rid of the NFL because some kids can’t make the NFL. While I’m at it, they should end medical school because some kids can’t get in. Once they eliminate the classes in Virginia schools, the wealthy parents will pay for extra clas...

By Hans Bader | April 26, 2021 | 10:55am EDT Texas high school students sit in a class. (Photo credit: Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images) "The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system," reports  Fox News. It is doing this to promote "equity," reports the Wash...

Segregations Legacy? Virginia to Overhaul Math Curriculum in K-12 for Racial Equitys Sake Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202104251082720680-segregations-legacy-virginia-to-overhaul-math-curriculum-in-k-12-for-racial-equitys-sake/ The US system of mathematics education is unjust and originating in segregation and other forms of institutional systems of oppression, say equity activists offering to "dismantle racism" in math instruction and lower learning standards so that black,...

April 25, 2021 By Rod DREHER As many of you know, David Brooks and I are friends. I can tell you that it’s hard to find a more generous and decent man anywhere. That’s really true, and that, besides my innate loyalty to friends, is why I ball up my internal fist whenever I hear people criticize him harshly. And it’s why I’m not going to publish any comments on this blog that criticize him personally (as distinct from criticizing his ideas). But I also recognize that David is disposition...

Virginia Moving to Eliminate All Accelerated Math Courses Before 11th Grade Sam Dorman, Fox News, April 22, 2021 The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system. Loudoun County school board member Ian Serotkin posted about the change via Facebook on Tuesday. According to Serotkin, he learned of the change the night prio...

23 Apr 2021 The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is taking steps to only offer accelerated math classes to student in 11th and 12th grade — a move critics say will prevent some students to excel earlier in their academic career. Loudoun County School Board member Ian Serotkin posted about the change on his Facebook page Tuesday: MASSIVE STATE MATH CURRICULUM REVAMP During last night’s Curriculum & Instruction Committee meeting, we received a briefing from staff on the Virginia Mathem...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Mike Groll In the name of equity, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving toward making sweeping changes to the K-12 math curriculum statewide, which includes removing options for advanced math courses prior to 11 th grade. Loudoun County school board member Ian Serotkin wrote on Facebook about the changes. "[A]s currently planned, this initiative will eliminate ALL math acceleration prior to 11th grade," he said. "That is not an exaggeration, nor does t...

A spokesman for VDOE did not object to Mr. Serotkin’s premise while indicating some wiggle room will be allowed for instructors. “Differentiated instruction means providing instruction that is catered to the learning needs of each child (appropriate levels of challenge and academic rigor),” Charles Pyle told the network. An added defense of the Virginia Mathematics Pathway Initiative by Mr. Pyle touted the educational “pathways [that] seek to restructure mathematics education by focusin...