This One Idea Would Fix a Lot in Math Education

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Picture a kid who finishes long division in fifth grade. Then sixth grade happens, and seventh and eighth, and somehow the big achievement is finally starting algebra 1 in ninth grade?!

That’s a lot of time. That’s a lot of calendar and not much distance.

Just spending all of middle school doing laps around the same math. Nah, you know you know a kid who can handle arithmetic they should be doing algebra.

They should be building on top of what they learned. And a kid who can already handle basic equations they should be doing functions.

Kid who can handle functions, they should be moving towards trig. Readiness should matter a lot more than the calendar and this one idea would fix a lot.

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