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Years ago I said the left was waging a war on objective truth, favoring "Your truth" as the way to go. Now we see with everything being racist, we have 900 genders, politicized science...boy, was I right.
The latest episode finds us once again in the state of California:
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/californi...The 1,000-page framework aims to put meaning-making at the center of the math classroom, promoting a focus on problem-solving and applying math knowledge to real-world situations. It also encourages teachers to make math culturally relevant and accessible for all students, especially students of color who have been traditionally marginalized in the subject.Right, because adding 2 and 2 to get 4 means something different depending on where you're from :rolleyes
Can't wait to see how the next generation of engineers produced by CA schools turn out! Let's continue:
The California framework encourages teachers in this work on two fronts. First, the collaborative, inquiry-based approach is meant to support students from all backgrounds to find a sense of belonging in math classrooms and to engage their participation in meaningful conversations about math. Second, math content itself can help students use math to examine inequities and address important issues in their lives and communities.Social justice math. One wonders what the problems could be structured as:
Jordan has 2 hand held signs and 3 cans of bear spray for the protest next week. Xir (Gotta honor the pronouns)
Antifa cell is planning on sending 11 comrades to join them. How many more cans of bear spray and how many more hand held signs does Jordan need so that each comrade has one of each?How about how they're placing students in classes?
The original version of the framework recommended that all students take Algebra I in 9th grade, a strategy designed in part to reduce the potentially harmful effects of tracking, in which some students were relegated to lower-level courses as early as middle school and never caught up.Hahahahahahaa. Yup, slowing down all the kids is a fantastic idea.
They're also going to be teaching "Data science" (read: some basic stats) instead of more STEM-oriented topics.
Yay!
More than 400 academic staff at California colleges and universities signed a letter arguing that students who took a data science course instead of Algebra II would be 'substantially underprepared for any STEM major in college,' referring to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 