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California's reforms to the Mathematics Framework would include “supporting equitable and engaging mathematics instruction.”

Hundreds of America’s top scientists released a letter expressing “alarm” at woke K-12 math curricula such as that proposed in California.

Hundreds of mathematicians and scientists have signed a statement calling on educators to abandon “well-intentioned” efforts to close achievement gaps in math education, saying it could have “unintended consequences.”

Hundreds of America’s top scientists released a letter expressing “alarm” at woke K-12 math curricula such as that proposed in California.

California is in the process of updating the way it teaches math for K through 12th graders. The idea is to make math more relatable for kids.

If we want California’s students to excel at math, we need to make it relevant to...

If there’s one principle that should be a fixed star in America’s schools, it’s that educators should be expected to do all they can to help each student develop their gifts and fulfill their potential. This should serve as education’s version of medicine’s Hippocratic Oath. Regrettably, California has decided to push educators to violate that oath. In a well-meaning but hugely misguided effort to promote equity, the state’s Instructional Quality Commission earlier this year adopted...

They are putting an end to advanced math in grades K-10.

La Jolla public schools have 97% attendance rate, higher than SDUSD average Torrey Pines Elementary School Principal Nona Richard says all students have access to the same “rigorous curriculum.” (Elisabeth Frausto) Cluster Association also hears district’s plans for a ‘digital academy’ for online students next school year and its summer program ‘for anybody.’ May 24, 2021 4:34 PM PT Print The five San Diego Unified School District schools that make up the La Jolla Cluster...

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