{"id":142688,"date":"2021-02-17T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142688"},"modified":"2021-02-17T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:42:58","slug":"bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-behind-anti-racist-math-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-behind-anti-racist-math-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Behind \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Math Push"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-behind-anti-racist-math-push%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=142688&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\/02\/GettyImages-1185999181_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A radical new push to purge math curricula of allegedly racist practices like showing your work and finding the correct answer is bankrolled by one of the nation&#8217;s most prominent nonprofits: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Gates Foundation is the only donor mentioned on the homepage of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/equitablemath.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a group of 25 education organizations whose<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/equitablemath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/1_STRIDE1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">curriculum<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">states that asking students to show their work and find the right answer is an inherently racist practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Latest News<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-behind-anti-racist-math-push\/\"><strong>Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Behind \u2018Anti-Racist&#8217; Math Push<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/the-post-trump-gop\/\"><strong>The Post-Trump GOP<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/house-bill-calls-for-united-states-to-boycott-beijing-olympics\/\"><strong>House Bill Calls for United States to Boycott Beijing Olympics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the past decade, the Gates Foundation has given upward of $140 million to some of the groups<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">behind Pathway, whose antiracist resources are the basis for a new teacher training<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/oregon-education-department-promotes-course-on-dismantling-racism-in-math\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">course<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">offered<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by the Oregon Department of Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Education Trust, a California-based group that<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/west.edtrust.org\/press-release\/new-toolkit-provides-antiracist-instructional-practices-for-math-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">promoted<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the September release of Pathway&#8217;s antiracist &#8220;toolkit,&#8221; has received $86 million from the Gates Foundation, including a $3.6 million grant awarded in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/How-We-Work\/Quick-Links\/Grants-Database\/Grants\/2020\/06\/INV-018843\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teach Plus, another group dedicated to creating an antiracist culture in K-12 schools, has received more than $27 million from the Gates Foundation. The group&#8217;s board members include former Democratic<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/politics\/article\/George-Miller-Contra-Costa-s-liberal-lion-5926326.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">congressman<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George Miller and Obama-era secretary of education John King Jr.\u2014who is also the president of The Education Trust.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WestEd, a nonprofit<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wested.org\/work-at-wested\/diversity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">committed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to dismantling &#8220;systemic barriers&#8221; in schools, has received more than $35 million from the Gates Foundation since 2009. UnboundEd, an<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unbounded.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">organization<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dedicated to helping teachers &#8220;disrupt systemic racism&#8221; in the classroom, has received nearly $14 million in grants from the Gates Foundation since 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Gates Foundation has given smaller sums to other groups behind the Pathway, the latest attempt to bring critical race theory\u2014the idea that American political and economic institutions are inherently racist\u2014into schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unique about Pathway is its focus on mathematics. The group&#8217;s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">first guidebook, &#8220;Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction,&#8221; asks teachers to observe how math &#8220;is used to uphold capitalist, imperialist, and racist views.&#8221; Worksheets included in the toolkit ask teachers to create a list of antiracist qualities to cultivate during the school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program also sets monthly goals. In November, educators must review how they &#8220;authentically&#8221; include minority and multilingual students in math class. In May, teachers will evaluate how they &#8220;dismantle power structures in the classroom.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pathway has released a total of five guidebooks designed to help middle school math teachers. These guidebooks ask teachers to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/equitablemath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/2_STRIDE2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">honor<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">when students use incorrect problem-solving strategies and identify<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;white supremacist practices&#8221; within the education system as the cause of minority students&#8217; &#8220;underachievement.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Gates Foundation declined the<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s request for comment. The organization&#8217;s K-12 education grantmaking &#8220;supports schools in their work to improve student outcomes,&#8221; particularly for minority and low-income students, according to its website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School districts and state education departments across the country have taken steps to weave critical race theory into K-12 curricula in the wake of last summer&#8217;s racial justice protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The North Carolina Board of Education earlier this month approved an<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/north-carolina-approves-new-radical-history-curriculum-for-k-12-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">updated<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">history curriculum that would teach second graders &#8220;how various indigenous, religious, gender, and racial groups advocate for freedom and equality.&#8221; Fourth-grade students will learn how &#8220;revolution, reform, and resistance&#8221; shaped North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A radical new push to purge math curricula of allegedly racist practices like showing your work and finding the correct answer is bankrolled by one of the nation&#8217;s most prominent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181444,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1185999181_736x514.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Behind \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Math Push","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1185999181_736x514.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Behind \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Math Push","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142688","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}