I had Algebra in CA schools in the 8th grade...many years ago. Of course then they divided chillins into A, B and C tracks. The C track didn't get Algebra...the B track got limited exposure to it...and the A track got some darn decent education. There was a time when CA schools were some of the best in the nation.
No longer.
136,000 empty seats in LAUSD this fall. Funding should be falling, not going up. Perhaps it is for everyone Gardasil inoculations in 5th grade.
If A + B + C = some uneducated people,
Then if we let B + C = -some un,
It follows that A = educated people.
In my day, we had true choice in our education. During the first year of high school students had the choice between either Algebra or Geometry. For the second year of High School the choice was between Geometry or Algebra.
One way or the other we all studied two years of elementary mathematics.