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School District Looks to Revamp Their Curriculum
The Knoxville school district is taking on the challenge of revamping their math curriculum over the next four years.

The changes apply to the whole district so the curriculum better alines with the state's common core standards.

Superintendent Steven Wilder tells WGIL the new standards will have more of an impact on eighth graders and incoming freshman than any other groups in the district.

"The biggest change that we'll face is moving Algebra One curriculum that has been traditionally to mainstream students on the freshman level, moving that down to the eighth grade level. We provided an eighth grade Algebra in the past, but that's been for more of our honors or accelerated students. Now that's something that we're gonna be moving down to the eighth grade level for the majority of out eighth grade students."

Wilder says all the other courses that follow Algebra would shift down a grade level as well.

He says students would come into high school taking Geometry then Algebra two, then into pre-calculus and calculus.

Wilder says the shift does raise concerns about providing math classes for Junior and Senior's who have finished their math requirements and don't want to take pre-calculus or calculus.

Wilder says the district's looking into expanding classes to offer more math options like a stats class so students who want can continue their math studies passed the required classes.
11 21 12 by Newsroom
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