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Article: Teachers join fight against eighth-grade algebra mandate
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- December 11, 2008
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School boards and administrators have a new ally in their fight
against the State Board of Education's decision in the summer to
require algebra for eighth-graders: teachers.
The 340,000-member California Teachers Association has joined in
a lawsuit to prevent the board's I Success Initiative from being
implemented, saying the panel overstepped its authority and made the
decision "abruptly, imprudently and without fully understanding the
consequences of its actions on our schools, teachers and students,"
CTA President David Sanchez said.
The controversy began in July, when the governor- appointed Board
of Education voted 8-1 to require that by the 2010-11 school year,
all eighth-graders ...