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My 11th grade son has been struggling through Algebra I for 3 years. I’ve tried different curriculum and a tutor. I am not sure what to do as our state requires Algebra 1, 2, Geometry, and 1 other math to graduate. He does well with Geometry. Any advice?
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I recommend that you work with him, meaning that you present the material, scaffold the practice problems, and ensure that he understands by assigning independent work. A tutor isn't going to do this unless they meet with your son five times a week. And even then they might not do what is needed because most tutoring is backfilling behind the actual teacher. This is different from actually teaching from scratch.
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Seconding Power Basics and also suggesting the Key to Algebra series. Similar set up. It's hard to tell from your post if the issue is a lack of continuous, regular, thorough instruction or maybe an issue of organization for him or you, or an issue of a struggle with the material - or maybe all of those. If he has had really regular access to someone helping him and has been working on it for that whole time, I would say it's time to consider seeking a diagnosis for a learning disability. Long term, even later in life, it may be something that is useful for him.