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Those of us who tend to lean a certain way politically are quick to expect the dwindling number of reasonable people on the center-right to come to the defense of America and democracy when their brethren on the fringes introduce yet another conspiracy theory or a lame-brained explanation as to why they think its okay for horrible people to do horrible things. But if we dont point out stupidity on our side of the divide, arent we guilty of the ultimate political sin, that of hypocrisy? It i...

New Math Policies Would Hurt Gifted Students Commentary Perhaps Alan Erisman, who headed a team of applied mathematicians at Boeing, sums up the education of numbers best. Erisman, author of the upcoming book “The Math Myth,” says, “If we taught English the way we teach math, students would spend all their time doing spelling tests and diagramming sentences but never read a great book or ever read poetry.” That seems to be one of the issues the California’s Instructional Quality Commi...

Proposed Math Framework Would Hinder Gifted Students, Educator Says SANTA CLARA, Calif.—California’s new math framework aims to keep students learning at the same level, in the name of equity. However, critics say this would discourage some students from advancing ahead. For example, critics predict that students who are gifted in math may be prevented from enrolling in more advanced courses like algebra in middle school and calculus in high school. The framework is presented as a teacher�...

Sara Ford May 11, 2021 Diversity, equity and inclusion. Three words that, for most of us, embody a moral rightness and imperative, not merely a “virtue signal to the ‘woke’ left.” Education, government, business, law, policing, life itself should reflect the meaning inherent in these three words. Diversity means including people from a variety of social and cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientation, etc. Equity means providing all peop...

Wed, 05 May 2021 00:01 UTC © AMELIE-BENOIST / BSIP/AFP Californias proposed "equity"-focused K-12 mathematics framework aims to underscore the message that there are no students who are intellectually gifted in the subject area, and that providing tracks for higher-level math students is discriminatory. "All students are capable of making these contributions and achieving these abilities at the highest levels," the introductory chapter of the framework draft from January states, addressing the...

Tweet It hasn’t been adopted yet but a lengthy draft explaining what could soon become California’s new mathematics framework for public schools is available online. Reason’s Robby Soave reports the focus of the new framework is “equity.” In practice that means doing away with advanced classes for gifted students, at least until they reach high school. The department is worried that too many students are sorted into different math tracks based on their natural abilities, which leads...

California’s “equity”-focused K-12 math framework rejects the notion that some students are intellectually gifted in mathematics.

Fox News guest claims the "hyper-woke" believe in “a world where Black people dont have to do math” Salon 2 hrs ago Ben Domenech and John McWhorter on the April 23, 2021 broadcast FOX News John McWhorter, a professor of linguistics at Columbia University, made several baffling claims Friday evening on Fox News self-titled primetime show, including that "social justice" means, in part, that "Black people dont have to do math." "These people I call the elect, ...

Neon Nettle - Bill Gates Equitable Math Considered for CA Schools: Correct Answers Are RACIST - Woke California is considering implementing the radical curriculum in all schools

15 Apr 2021 The California education department is considering implementing a statewide math framework that promotes the concept that working to figure out a correct answer in math is an example of racism and white supremacy invading the classroom. The framework, titled “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction,” is intended to be “exercises for educators to reflect on their own biases to transform their instructional practice.” The “Equit...