My kids are in high school right now. I was getting my daughter psyched up for geometry, by promising her that she'd get to do proofs.
The geometry class completely glossed over proofs. It was much more oriented towards solving problems. I don't know if it was because of standardized testing, but I have my suspicions. Fortunately, my daughter worked on the proofs herself, outside of class.
I was saddened for many reasons, one of which is that lots of people I've talked to -- especially women -- loved high school geometry because of the proofs. That was where math came alive.
I hated proofs in geometry, which explains why I got A's in all my college math classes except linear algebra, specifically because of those damn proofs.
Same deal with my kids in high school, proofs were barely covered.
When I took Geometry in high school about 45 years ago, proofs were essential, and IIRC they dominated the curriculum. And that was good, because it taught logical thinking. Geometry was my favorite course in high school.
This background was incredibly useful to me in both hardware design and in computer programming.
This was also my experience about 25 years ago. Many classmates were not fond of proofs, so perhaps the move away from them is just giving the customers what they want?
The geometry class completely glossed over proofs. It was much more oriented towards solving problems. I don't know if it was because of standardized testing, but I have my suspicions. Fortunately, my daughter worked on the proofs herself, outside of class.
I was saddened for many reasons, one of which is that lots of people I've talked to -- especially women -- loved high school geometry because of the proofs. That was where math came alive.