How to make math teachers mad (213)
Episode description
Detracking in SUSD in mathematics:
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise.
The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/education/lebron-james-school-ohio.html
Ending tracking in math - showing progress in SFUSD:
https://cacollaborative.org/sites/default/files/CA_Collaborative_SFUSD_Math.pdf
"CONCLUSION: The allure of tradition is powerful, especially in public education. Influential leaders inside and outside of our school systems are often people who thrived in their own formal education settings. In SFUSD, however, traditional approaches to mathematics course sequencing and placement, even when amended to address key equity issues, failed to generate desired student outcomes."
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