State school board considers new math curriculum
The Georgia Board of Education will decide Thursday whether to approve high school math curriculum changes that would allow schools to deviate from the current “integrated” method of teaching algebra and geometry.
Coordinate algebra and analytic geometry would be taught as discrete courses, and struggling freshmen would have access to an algebra “foundations” course. These subjects are now taught in a combined manner that has confounded some students.
A board discussion will occur this afternoon at the Georgia Department of Education offices in downtown Atlanta at 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE. The board will meet again Thursday at 8 a.m. to vote on this proposal and other matters.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
