Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads.
It is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country. So if you're not a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, math), why even study algebra?
That's the argument Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California community college system, made today in an interview with NPR's Robert Siegel.
At American community colleges, 60 percent of those enrolled are required to take at least one math course. Most — nearly 80 percent — never complete that requirement.
Oakley is among a growing number of educators who view intermediate algebra as an obstacle to students obtaining their credentials — particularly in fields that require no higher level math skills.
Their thinking has led to initiatives like Community College Pathways, which strays away from abstract algebra to engage students in real-world math applications.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:26PM (2 children)
I dunno, what are you saying, as in "you are saying", or contracted to "you're saying"? Maybe you should have to study English to complain about having to study Dutch in order to study Biology and learn maths.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @11:00PM (1 child)
Nice deflection but since you clearly understood me, perhaps you should study the history of English and answer my question before you embark on that clearly necessary and years long task
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @09:15AM
No, I did not understand what you were saying, because you are too stupid to spell what I can only assume is your native tongue. Your sayings are not my sayings, and evidently you completely undermined the point you were making by being too stupid to spell. This will not end will for you. And it sets a fine president for others, for all intensive purposes. I hope you can get a new leash on life. I lack toast and I'm tolerant.