California Math: 2+2=5
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:05 pm
Or maybe 2+2=3. Don't insist that your student tell you that the answer is 4 or else you might be accused of being a white supremist.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read about this initiative. Here's some excerpts:
California will officially adopt a new "equity" and "social justice" based mathematics framework for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
"Teaching toward social justice urges educators to empower learners with tools to examine inequities and address important issues in their lives and communities through mathematics," the document explains. It adds, "Mathematics educators committed to social justice work provide curricular examples that equip students with a toolkit and mindset to identify and combat inequities with mathematics."
"The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so," a document for the "Equitable Math" toolkit read. "Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict."
A California-based group is sounding the alarm as the state education department considers implementing a framework that promotes controversial ideas about race and mathematics.
The "Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction" teacher training caught attention in February when Fox News reported on Oregon defending the program, which advises, among other things, that the focus on finding the right answer is an example of White supremacy infiltrating classrooms.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/californi ... al-justice
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-r ... -framework
And before anyone says it, there's other sources out there besides Fox News, including the New York Times, not exactly a conservative rag:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/c ... lines.html
This is pure lunacy. Does anyone want to hire a California trained engineer to design a bridge for them using a "social justice-based mathematics framework"?
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read about this initiative. Here's some excerpts:
California will officially adopt a new "equity" and "social justice" based mathematics framework for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
"Teaching toward social justice urges educators to empower learners with tools to examine inequities and address important issues in their lives and communities through mathematics," the document explains. It adds, "Mathematics educators committed to social justice work provide curricular examples that equip students with a toolkit and mindset to identify and combat inequities with mathematics."
"The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so," a document for the "Equitable Math" toolkit read. "Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict."
A California-based group is sounding the alarm as the state education department considers implementing a framework that promotes controversial ideas about race and mathematics.
The "Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction" teacher training caught attention in February when Fox News reported on Oregon defending the program, which advises, among other things, that the focus on finding the right answer is an example of White supremacy infiltrating classrooms.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/californi ... al-justice
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-r ... -framework
And before anyone says it, there's other sources out there besides Fox News, including the New York Times, not exactly a conservative rag:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/c ... lines.html
This is pure lunacy. Does anyone want to hire a California trained engineer to design a bridge for them using a "social justice-based mathematics framework"?