After a decade of debate and division, the San Francisco Unified School District is adding algebra back into its eighth grade curriculum at a third of its middle schools starting next year. 'For fun, you definitely don't do math. At all. But as a subject in school, you probably would have to push through that, right?' says Carlos Quintanilla, a seventh grader at Presidio Middle School.
Critics say delaying algebra until the ninth grade hamstrung students who wanted to take calculus by the time they were seniors or needed advanced math when they were applying to college. 'Why are you holding our kids back?' says Rex Ridgeway, an outspoken critic of the district's previous policy.
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