Virginia DOE contradicts itself in attempt to walk back equity-focused math framework
Virginia | April 29, 2021
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is attempting to walk back its equity-focuses math program in a way that conflicts with previous statements it has made and materials it has promoted on acceleration.
The Washington Post reported on Monday that Virginia Superintendent James Lane denied moving to eliminate accelerated math courses. He claimed that school districts would continue to offer Algebra 1 and other traditional courses that the state previously said would be eliminated as part of the new framework.
Ian Shenk, who identified as part of the “essential concepts committee” during a regional webinar on the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative (VMPI), told viewers: “Let me be totally clear, we are talking about taking Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 – those three courses that we’ve known and loved … and removing them from our high school mathematics program, replacing them with essential concepts for grade eight, nine and 10.”..
(Excerpts from Fox News)