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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 Commonwealth. According to board member Ian Serotkin, he learned of the change during last Tuesday’s briefi...
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 classes or maybe they’ll move. Only the people without the ability to move will be stuck with this inf...
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 Washington Times. The VDOE also seeks to funnel all Virginia students into classes that focus on vague...
Segregation's Legacy? Virginia to Overhaul Math Curriculum in K-12 for Racial Equity's 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, brown and Latino students may leg up. But will it work? The Virginia Department of Education (VDO...