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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by tapatio on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:54PM (#36775569)
A kid takes a French class. Can he speak French afterwards? Can he read/write in French? I guess that's how you'd know if he learned it. Is that a test? I guess so but I'd like to see grades take a backseat to actual learning. Maybe that's a bad position to take.
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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by xxpor on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:15PM (#36775964)
I think we have the same idea: stupid grades that don't measure actual results are bad.

Not that I'm salty, but I always had poor grades because I rarely if ever did homework. But I aced the tests, so why bother?

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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by tapatio on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:25PM (#36776140)
Yup. There should be fast tracks and slow tracks. If I already know the material, I get to advance. No need to hold everyone back.
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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by xxpor on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @03:28PM (#36777972)
It's too bad I didn't have the language to debate consequentialist vs deontological ethics with my 6th grade math teacher.
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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by threatofrain on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:56PM (#36775611)
But now nobody can say whether any curriculum is better.
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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by pessimizer on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:37PM (#36776349)
Language curricula are not any more effective (i.e. pretty terrible) at teaching language than they ever have been. So since these data-driven improvements haven't shown up yet, we shouldn't be worried about risking them.
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