Georgia May Allow Districts To Choose How They Will Teach Math

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1/21, Dodd) reports, "Responding to parental complaints and the governor's concern over graduation rates, [Georgia] state Superintendent John Barge on Thursday introduced a plan that would allow local school districts to choose how they will teach math. Two years ago, the state collectively turned to integrated math, or accelerated classes that were introduced to make more students college ready, rather than traditional algebra, geometry and statistics classes. However, the faster-paced curriculum was largely blamed for the failure last May of 80,000 students on math final exams."