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[Phys-l] Making the assembly line go faster doesn's work!




The push for early algebra has been a failure according to Education Week,
just as I suspected it would.

"Spurred by a succession of reports pointing to the importance of algebra as
a gateway to college, educators and policymakers embraced "algebra for all"
policies in the 1990s and began working to ensure that students take the
subject by 9th grade or earlier.

A trickle of studies suggests that in practice, though, getting all students
past the algebra hump has proved difficult and has failed, some of the time,
to yield the kinds of payoffs educators seek."

<http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/02/10/21algebra_ep.h29.html?r=103349
4279&tkn=SLWFswhOcFWGJUb0rHf44TMbUilBIcab%2F0J4&cmp=clp-edweek>

Be careful of the split link.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX