Florida is among the many adopters of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) across the U.S. The Florida Department of Education believes the CCSS provide students with a career edge and, as a result, strongly supports their full implementation during the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the Department’s website.
With implementation deadlines looming, it is a given that instruction throughout Florida will go through some changes. However, in one school system, math instruction will undergo a more drastic transformation.
In August, high school educators in Florida’s Orange County Public Schools will change their approach to math instruction by flipping the order of required math courses, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The idea is to have students complete algebra I and algebra II before they take geometry. Traditionally, geometry is taken in between the two courses. This, in turn, could help pupils perform better on end-of-year assessments.
Once the order of courses is changed, approximately 2,000 seventh-graders, 5,500 eighth-graders and 8,300 ninth-graders will be affected. While the move may take some getting used to, Scott Fritz, Orange County’s chief academic officer, believes the district is moving down “the right path.”
No comments yet.