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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

by Veronica Anderson May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

I took calculus as a high school senior. It was the ultimate destination on the advanced math track. Only 20 or so students at the large Catholic all-girls school I attended in Chicago were in the class. Back then, there was a four-year sequence: algebra, geometry, trigonometry, then calculus. It was an academic badge of […]

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