Math education has become yet another battleground in today’s culture wars. When Oregon governor Kate Brown signed a law in July that suspended math and reading proficiency requirements for high ...
California will officially adopt a new "equity" and "social justice" based mathematics framework for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education on Wednesday. After multiple ...
Leszek Gawarecki, head of the mathematics department at Kettering University, a STEM-focused institution in Flint, Mich., said the events of 2020 inspired him to create a new course on math for social ...
The California Board of Education will not implement its newly proposed mathematics curriculum after critics argued its racial equality components would “de-mathematize math.” The Mathematics ...
The state of Virginia is taking a decidedly racial approach to mathematics as it is attempting to change its curriculum under the banner of equity and social justice. On Tuesday, Loudoun County school ...
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Kettering University is tackling social justice and other hot button issues using math in the classroom. This fall, Kettering will offer a course called Math and Social Justice.
Andrea McChristian, former policy research director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, had to convince those who know her best — including her father — that taking a job at a nonprofit that supports ...