“.. criticism of the [California Math Framework] came .. from people who have done a lot of work promoting diversity and equity in math and other stem fields. “Everything I’ve read about this proposal is going to make matters worse,” Adrian Mims said ..
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'Mims is the founder of the Calculus Project, a program that has been remarkably successful at getting more students of color to take and succeed in advanced math courses. “Modifying curriculum that way will not bring equity,” he said. “It will just bring in a lower track.”'
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'The lower track he refers to is the data-science track, which he argued would not prepare students for a possible future career in data science, let alone in engineering, physics, economics, or computer science.'
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... 'Recently, both California State University and the University of California system wrote formal letters expressing concerns, following a review of the C.M.F. The California State letter suggested that the data-science pathway could potentially diminish equity.'
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Thank you Rivka Galchen and
@NewYorker
for shedding light on what's been going on in California. With California's size and influence, what happens here with K-12 math education will have a large impact across the country.
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@minilek
Great article, thank you for sharing. This is critical & urgent info for parents & educators to hear. I'm sure with the current political atmosphere this isn't the only State implementing new curriculums and policies. Parents will probably be the ones who have to push back.
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@zeelurker1
The only solution for students lagging in Maths, is teaching Math, better and more. Everything else is bullcrap.
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@yisongyue
In theory I agree that quality of math learning is more important than quantity. But I suspect what all this really amounts to is lowered expectations from teachers and students.
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@minilek
"What I think about those approaches in California—they are trying to achieve change without doing the work. What we do, it’s a lot of work. You have to do the work.”
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@minilek
The frameworks document is 900 pages?! The only people who are going to read the whole thing are textbook publishers. I pity them.
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@minilek
Didnt the same thing happen with literacy framework? What worked was replaced because the adults teaching it didnt like it?
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