Great article in the Chronicle of Higher education on a body compositional (and racially) White woman attempting to end school tracking for mathematics (which I consider simply inevitable -not more than a quarter of students can get a 5 in AP Calculus AB, and it’s a waste of time trying to make them learn it).
I never made it past 10th grade algebra yet I went on to law school and grad school. I get the basic shit is necessary but I don't see why students should be forced to learn stuff like Trig, calc, or discrete math unless they plan on pursuing a career that requires them. I think America wanted to compete with the Chinese and Japanese on math scores but in the process sorely neglected things like history, philosophy, classical languages, etc.
I never made it past 10th grade algebra yet I went on to law school and grad school. I get the basic shit is necessary but I don't see why students should be forced to learn stuff like Trig, calc, or discrete math unless they plan on pursuing a career that requires them. I think America wanted to compete with the Chinese and Japanese on math scores but in the process sorely neglected things like history, philosophy, classical languages, etc.