The local news reported last week that Georgia education officials are considering a new way of teaching math that would "combine concepts from courses in algebra, geometry and trigonometry."
If adopted, this method of teaching would require students to learn complicated mathematical concepts at a much younger age. Upon graduating from eighth grade, students will be expected to know most of geometry and algebra.
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