June 19, 2021

Where far too much of U.S. public education is heading

Interesting articles show where public schools in the United States are headed.  In most cases the driving force is communist school boards, but I suspect more than a few teachers are enthusaistically on board--not in flyover country, but certainly on the coasts and in Illinois:

1❱ 05/19/2021 The Sunday Times: Focusing on the correct answer in maths ‘is racist’
2❱ 04/22/2021 Fox News: Virginia moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade as part of equity-focused plan
3❱ 02/16/2021 mrcTV: Oregon Dept. of Ed Warns Of 'White Supremacy' In Math
4❱ 02/12/2021 Fox News: Oregon promotes teacher program that seeks to undo 'racism in mathematics'
5❱ 02/12/2021 EquitableMath: A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction
6❱ 08/10/2020 Disrn: Not the Bee: College math prof says "the idea that math is in any way objective is a MYTH" that "reeks of white supremacist patriarchy"
7❱ 08/09/2020 Campus Reform: Math education prof: 2+2 = 4 'trope' 'reeks of white supremacy patriarchy'
8❱ 08/04/2020 Twitter, Laurie Rubel, teacher of math education at Brooklyn College: along with the "of course math is neutral because 2+2=4" trope are the related (and creepy) "math is pure" and "protect math." reeks of white supremacist patriarchy. i'd rather think on nurturing people & protecting the planet (with math in service…

11❱ 07/07/2020 Summit News: BLM Teacher Says 2+2 Only = 4 Because of “Western Imperialism”
12❱ 07/05/2020 Twitter, Brittany Marshall: Nope the idea of 2 + 2 equaling 4 is cultural and because of western imperialism/colonization, we think of it as the only way of knowing.
13❱ 10/10/2019 Chicago Tribune: Is math racist? New course outlines prompt conversations about identity, race in Seattle classrooms
14❱ 10/25/2017 National Review: Professor: ‘Mathematics Itself Operates as Whiteness’
15❱ 10/25/2017 Independent: Teaching maths perpetuates white privilege, says university professor
16❱ 10/24/2017 Fox News: White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
17❱ 06/06/2017 Campus Reform: EdX no longer 'teaching social justice through mathematics'
18❱ 09/06/2016 CNN: Math is racist: How data is driving inequality

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