I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on these articles. First, the mastery transcript seems very subjective to me, I would want to see some kind of rubric.
Second, as an engineer I find it unfathomable that we would get rid of Calculus in HS, let alone Algebra. It seems like I am seeing more and more articles arguing that a liberal arts education is the best way to prepare kids for the future, when AI takes over all our STEM jobs. I find this hard to swallow, I always understood math as the best way to teach problem solving skills. But I may be biased.
I do love to see that people are starting to shake things up in the education world.
http://www.tonywagner.com/tonys-art...ry-transcript-consortium-just-published/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.htmlhttps://www.inc.com/greg-satell/we-need-to-educate-kids-for-the-future-not-the-past-heres-how.htmlI have an ulterior motive for asking for comments, there is a private school in my town that seems to be incorporating all these concepts. While I love the idea of students owning their education and following their passions, I am hung up on "when do they learn Calculus".
