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One approach I've seen and thought was interesting is the course schedule offered at the Illinois Math and Science Academy.

Their pre-calculus courses have been somewhat radically reorganized into a curriculum called "mathematical investigations" which orders the topics according to more of a practical progression. So, for example, bits of linear algebra are pulled all the way up into precalc because they're useful in geometry, and will also work better with the science curriculum. Perhaps physics teachers inheriting students who already understand vectors, for example.

Then the calculus curriculum is split into two tracks, one more basic, and a more intensive one for students who anticipate going into fields that require more calculus.



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