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Students and trustees press Placer Union on math instruction; ALEKS use questioned, AI tutor trial proposed

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Student voice meetings across campuses criticized reliance on the ALEKS online learning platform and asked for more in-person instruction and hands-on learning. Trustee Lake proposed a trial of an AI math tutor for a limited group of teachers.

Students from multiple Placer Union High School District campuses told the board they do not want the ALEKS online system used as the primary method of teaching math and asked for more in-person, hands-on lessons and opportunities to collaborate with peers.

A Forest Hill student board member told trustees the student voice meeting concluded “students would not use the…

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