{"id":1095074,"date":"2021-12-07T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1095074"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:29:15","slug":"california-academics-warn-woke-math-curriculum-will-do-lasting-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-academics-warn-woke-math-curriculum-will-do-lasting-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"California Academics Warn Woke Math Curriculum \u2018Will Do Lasting Damage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-academics-warn-woke-math-curriculum-will-do-lasting-damage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1095074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BoyUntitled-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An open letter from more than 1,200 California academics and teachers is protesting the state\u2019s proposed K-12 math curriculum, which the signatories state amounts to \u201can endless river of new pedagogical fads that effectively distort and displace actual math.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Signatories of Independent Institute\u2019s&nbsp;\u201cOpen Letter to Replace the Proposed New California Math Curriculum Framework\u201d include 900 academics, at 67 California colleges and in universities, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.org\/news\/article.asp?id=13658\">assert<\/a> the state is \u201con the verge of politicizing K-12 math in a potentially disastrous way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The letter sends a similar warning as another from hundreds of the nation\u2019s top scientists and mathematicians that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/12\/06\/top-american-scientists-voice-alarm-at-woke-california-math-curriculum\/\">expresses<\/a> \u201calarm\u201d at what the signers say are the likely devastating consequences of California\u2019s \u201cEquitable Math\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ca.gov\/ci\/ma\/cf\/index.asp\">framework<\/a> that prioritizes social justice ideology over actual math.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds of America\u2019s top scientists and mathematicians have released an open letter in which they express \u201calarm\u201d at the likely disastrous consequences of woke K-12 math curricula such as the \u201cEquitable Math\u2019 framework proposed in California. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBQkcuHGMU\">https:\/\/t.co\/zBQkcuHGMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1468030876860788742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposed curriculum \u201cis presented as a step toward social justice and racial equity, but its effect would be the opposite\u2014to rob all Californians, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, who always suffer most when schools fail to teach their students,\u201d states the Independent Institute\u2019s open letter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs textbooks and other teaching materials approved by the State would have to follow this framework and since teachers are expected to use it as a guide, its potential to steal a promising future from our children is enormous,\u201d the signatories warn, adding the framework\u2019s creators have attempted to \u201cbuild a mathless Brave New World on a foundation of unsound ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA real champion of equity and justice would want all California\u2019s children to learn <em>actual<\/em>&nbsp;math\u2014as in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus\u2014not an endless river of new pedagogical fads that effectively distort and displace actual math,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3561643835616\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Assessment of 13-year-olds\u2019 reading and math achievement has revealed a statistically significant drop in scores over the past eight years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwyRjNniv8\">https:\/\/t.co\/SwyRjNniv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1465084771437105160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The academics observe California\u2019s proposed K-12 framework:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotes fringe teaching methods such as \u201ctrauma-informed pedagogy.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ni2ng4ORW3WGizw_NJj1kCpAAoYX7NJd\/edit#bookmark=id.oua7c5lszbvw\">ch. 2, p. 16<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Distracts from actual mathematics by having teachers insert \u201cenvironmental and social justice\u201d into the math curriculum. [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10BSxqWlUTUwaQ9_vagwi6HihiyTrHIt_\/edit#bookmark=id.8d278hbabf6a\">ch. 1, p. 35<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Distracts from actual mathematics by assigning students\u2014as schoolwork\u2014tasks it says will solve \u201cproblems that result in social inequalities.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yoPrJkkbrptS-2qxcpVzvEGnjfYUsyRo\/edit#bookmark=id.1jhob8rbbqex\">ch. 7, p. 29<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Urges teachers to take a \u201cjustice-oriented perspective at any grade level, K\u201312\u201d and explicitly rejects the idea that mathematics itself is a \u201cneutral discipline.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ni2ng4ORW3WGizw_NJj1kCpAAoYX7NJd\/edit#bookmark=id.8s077g4bl3zz\">ch. 2, p. 29<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>\u201cReject[s] ideas of natural gifts and talents\u201d and discourages accelerating talented mathematics students. [<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10BSxqWlUTUwaQ9_vagwi6HihiyTrHIt_\/edit#bookmark=id.iaw8uha0fz1k\">ch. 1, p. 8<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The letter\u2019s signatories vehemently \u201cdisagree\u201d with the framework\u2019s approach to teaching math and note how the decline of American students in mathematics achievement has already affected U.S. industry:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>The claim that math is not accessible is an insult to the millennia of non-Western mathematicians and erases the contributions of cultures around the world to mathematics as we now know it. Large numbers of students in developing countries are currently succeeding in advanced mathematics, and American industries have been put in the position of having to encourage them to come to the United States to work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The academics reject the one-size-fits-all scheme of the framework that refuses to acknowledge different abilities in math, stating they find it \u201cimmoral and foolish to intentionally hold back the intellectual growth of students by forcing them to waste time in unchallenging classes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are ready to move up, should do so,\u201d they assert. \u201cThey should not be held back for fear of recognizing the existence of differences in giftedness\u2014differences which are a reality in every human endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4140969162996\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three math scholars warn China is successfully rising as the world\u2019s STEM leader while U.S. schools prioritize woke social justice and &#8220;diversity.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wsSMqUiwQQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/wsSMqUiwQQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1435392082676490241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The signatories say both modern science and technology, and a constitutionally-based system centered on human rights and equal opportunity, arose from a rejection of identity politics, favoring instead \u201cobjective\u201d and \u201cneutral\u201d inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe infusing mathematics with political rhetoric is alien to mathematics as a discipline, and will do lasting damage,\u201d the academics warn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open letter from more than 1,200 California academics and teachers is protesting the state\u2019s proposed K-12 math curriculum, which the signatories state amounts to \u201can endless river of new &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}