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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 some to take calculus by their senior year of high school while others don’t make it past basic a...

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 don't 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 don't have to do math." "These people I call the 'elect,' are pursuing social justice — They'll say, 'Aren't you in favor of social justice?'" McWhort...

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 “Equitable Math” website states its training manual was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,...