Brian Conrad

math professor, Stanford University

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California wants to start focusing on individual students’ needs rather than requiring them to follow the same algebra-geometry-calculus track.

No algebra in grade 8? New math education framework alarms some scholars

California wants to start focusing on individual students’ needs rather than requiring them to follow the same algebra-geometry-calculus track.

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