Virginia DOE contradicts itself in attempt to walk back equity-focused math framework
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The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is attempting to walk back previous statements it has made and materials it has promoted about an "equity-focused" math framework that alters how students advance through middle and high school.
Ian Shenk, who identified as part of the "essential concepts committee" during a regional webinar on 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." Shenk also clarified that under the framework, everyone in eighth grade would take "essential concepts 8." Hanover Public Schools in Virginia lists him as an "mathematics curriculum specialist." At the beginning of the webinar, it lists speakers, including "Ian Shenk, Hanover Public Schools."
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