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Hundreds weigh in on SFUSD's new math sequence as students and parents clash over equity and acceleration
Summary
Dozens of students, parents and community groups urged and challenged a proposed SFUSD math sequence that would delay Algebra I for some students. Supporters said the change advances equity and differentiation; critics warned it would remove acceleration pathways and called for targeted supports and summer programs.
Students, parents and community groups filled the San Francisco Unified School District boardroom on Nov. 10 to challenge and defend a proposed new math sequence that shifts Algebra I away from eighth grade and keeps students in a single pathway through eighth grade.
Students from Lowell High School and parents who favor retention of eighth-grade Algebra described personal consequences of the change. "Being able to take Algebra in eighth grade allows me to be able to take AP Calculus," said Marcel Brown, a Lowell senior, arguing that earlier access opened doors to advanced coursework. Virginia Hernandez Vanzant, a Lowell senior, told the board that the choices she had previously "allowed me to design an…
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